The Rapid Action Battalion arrested a ringleader of an organised gang and one of his accomplices with firearms and huge stash of contraband items from Bashundhara Residential Area on Tuesday night.
The arrestees were identified as Sharful Hasan alias Mishu Hasan (31) and his accomplice Md. Masudul Islam alias Jisan (39).
The elite force confirmed the information to UNB on Wednesday evening.
A firearm, 6 rounds of ammunition, 13,300 pieces of yaba, an expensive Ferrari car, 2 laptops, several mobile phones, chequebooks of various banks and ATM cards, passports of different countries and Indian counterfeit currency (Rs. 49,500) were seized during the raid.
The arrestees are members of an organized Dhaka gang. There are about 10/12 members in their group.
They carry out their activities in different aristocratic areas of the capital, targeting youths from affluent backgrounds, especially in different areas including Gulshan, Baridhara, Banani, selling drugs in the name of party or DJ party.
They even have ‘branches’ in Dubai, Europe and America for the upper-class expatriates.
The group often blackmailed their clients by recording pictures and videos of their private moments without the subjects’ consent.
RAB sources told UNB that the group has also invested in several fake local businesses in order to whitewash their money.
Arrested Sharful Hasan alias Mishu Hasan trades luxury cars in Bangladesh. He said during interrogation that he used to resort to irregularities and fraud while importing luxury cars. He himself used expensive cars.
Mishu owns five cars, including two personalised Range Rovers, an Aqua, a Volkswagen and a Ferrari.
The RAB sources told UNB that Mishu is a mastermind of tax evasion.
Jisan, on the other hand, owns a cattle farm where the prohibited Brahma breed of cows were being reared.
Mishu had been arrested three times in different cases earlier. There are several ongoing cases in his name.
He reportedly keeps contact with many notorious criminal masterminds around the world.
Source: United News of Bangladesh