Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) have detained four members of a fraud gang from the city’s Mirpur and Motijheel areas.
The detainees were identified as the ringleader Md Helal Uddin, 51, and his associates Md Mofizul Islam alias Lebu, 47, Md Khandakar Maruf, 37, and Md Abdul Quader alias Raju, 29.
Tipped off, a team of Rab-3 conducted drives in the areas and detained them on Tuesday night, said Additional Police Super and Assistant Director (Ops & Int Branch) Bina Rani Das.
During primary interrogation, the detainees confessed that they embezzled around Tk 2 crore from around 50 job seekers alluring them of providing government jobs introducing themselves as policemen in last five years.
Legal steps will be taken against the detainees, the official added.
Source: United News of Bangladesh