YouTuber Prottoy Heron of 'Bodmaish Polapain' arrested
The "Bodmaish Polapain" famed YouTuber Prottoy Heron and two other YouTubers were recently arrested by the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police in Narayanganj.
According to Tariq Bin Rashid, deputy commissioner of DB's cybercrime unit, the three were arrested for advertising illegal gambling sites on the fourth season of their popular web series "Bodmaish Polapain", broadcasted under Heron's The Ajaira LTD YouTube Channel. The police official added that even some dialogues of "Bodmaish Polapain'' season four episodes, mentioned illegal ads like 1xBet, and Cricketex amongst others.
Police said that they had been keeping tabs on Heron's group for about a year now and filed a case against them last week leading to their arrest. Moreover, when Heron and his group were brought in for questioning, they confessed to receiving BDT 70,000 to BDT 100,000, per episode for the advertisements.
According to the police, these illegal advertisements reached the popular YouTubers in Dhaka via an Indian agent. Meanwhile illegal transactions were made via banking and other financial channels.
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