2 arrested for running fake Facebook accounts as Taposh

Detectives claimed to have arrested two individuals who deceived people -- opening Facebook accounts as Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh -- and offered jobs.

The two -- Md Jakaria and Ekramul Haque Raju -- were arrested from Rangpur and Gazipur on Sunday, said AKM Hafiz Akhter, additional commissioner (detectives) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police.

The arrestees were identified after a case was filed with Shahbagh Police Station under Digital Security Act on January 1, he said at a press briefing today at DB office on Mintoo Road in Dhaka.

In primary interrogation, Jakaria admitted to detectives that he opened the fake account and used to pose as Taposh virtually, to demand money from people in the name of offering jobs.

The money was collected through a bKash number registered in Ekramul's name, the DB official said.  

Meanwhile, detectives arrested a man, Saiful Islam, from Rangpur on charge of hacking Facebook IDs of people and taking money from their friends and acquaintances.