5 held for fraud in Dhaka

Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) arrested five people from Dhaka on charges of fraudulence and cheat yesterday.

On information, a team of PBI arrested Md Harun-Ur-Rashid, 56, Sanad Saha, 47, Md Samsul Alam Majumdar alias Kopa Samsu, 48, Aminul Islam, 37 and Md Moksedur Rahman Akon, 38 in Pallabi.

The gang has took huge amount of money from people alluring them with fake job and business offers, Mainul Hasan, additional deputy inspector general of PBI Dhaka Metropolitan Police said at the press briefing today.

They mainly target retired government and private sector officials to take money from them promising new high paid positions or business deals through setting up fake office in various places of Dhaka, the PBI official said at the briefing.

Iftekhar Hossain Bhuiyan and Firoz Khan, the two victims who were present at the press briefing, told reporters how they lost Tk 25 lakh and 7.75 lakh respectively to the gang.