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6 fraudsters held in Dhaka

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrests six members of a fraud gang from different parts of Dhaka on August 1, 2019. Photo: Courtesy

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members today claimed to have arrested six members of a fraud gang from different parts of Dhaka.

The arrestees are Liton alias Sohanur Rahman, 35, Sanchita Akhter alias Sanjida alias Dipa, 24, Meherunnisa Hossain, 50, Bipasha Akhter, 24, Md Shafik, 34, and Tota Mia, 48.

A team of Rab-4 arrested them during a raid in different areas in capital Dhaka yesterday, said a press release issued by Rab today.

Another member of the fraud gang Ripon Hawlader alias Sanu, 45, is still on the run, said the release.

According to the release, since 2013 this gang opened travel agency on different names like Air International and Tour, Bengal Tours and Travels, Alif Tours and Travels, Arefin Travels, Sanim Trade International, Ashik Travels, Bengal Travels, MM Travels, Bappi Moni Enterprise and Habib International and swindled Tk 10 crore deceiving overseas jobseekers.

Ali Mohammad Abdullah, assistant superintendent of police, who led the drive, told The Daily Star that the fraudsters admitted how they cheated people and swindled money from innocent jobseekers.

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6 fraudsters held in Dhaka

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrests six members of a fraud gang from different parts of Dhaka on August 1, 2019. Photo: Courtesy

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members today claimed to have arrested six members of a fraud gang from different parts of Dhaka.

The arrestees are Liton alias Sohanur Rahman, 35, Sanchita Akhter alias Sanjida alias Dipa, 24, Meherunnisa Hossain, 50, Bipasha Akhter, 24, Md Shafik, 34, and Tota Mia, 48.

A team of Rab-4 arrested them during a raid in different areas in capital Dhaka yesterday, said a press release issued by Rab today.

Another member of the fraud gang Ripon Hawlader alias Sanu, 45, is still on the run, said the release.

According to the release, since 2013 this gang opened travel agency on different names like Air International and Tour, Bengal Tours and Travels, Alif Tours and Travels, Arefin Travels, Sanim Trade International, Ashik Travels, Bengal Travels, MM Travels, Bappi Moni Enterprise and Habib International and swindled Tk 10 crore deceiving overseas jobseekers.

Ali Mohammad Abdullah, assistant superintendent of police, who led the drive, told The Daily Star that the fraudsters admitted how they cheated people and swindled money from innocent jobseekers.

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