Detective Branch (DB) of police here on Monday night arrested three members of a fraud team on charge of taking Tk 3 lakh from a person assuring him the job of a police constable.
The arrestees are Azimul Islam alias Nazmul, 30, son of Rafiqul Islam of Madho Pirjabad area in the district town, Abdul Hakim, 35, son of Abdus Samad of Damodarpur village in Sadar upazila, and Md Asaduzzaman, 32, son of Younus Ali of Shathibari union in Mithapukur upazila.
Mostafizur Rahman, sub-inspector of DB, said the trio was involved in the malpractice for long. Some police constable will be recruited for the district on January 25 and the gang took the money from Ashikur Rahman, son of Abdur Rahman of Mithapukur upazil, for giving him the job.
Due to their suspicious attitude, Ashikur informed the DB police.
Acting on a tip-off, the DB men raided Mouban Restaurant in the town at night and arrested the trio, the SI added.