Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Detective Branch (DB) has seized 20 microbuses from across Bangladesh following the arrest of a union parishad chairman of Cumilla, held for swindling a string of car customers out of crores of taka.
Zakir Hossain, chairman of Manikachar union parishad of Cumilla, was arrested on September 21 from the district. DB seized the vehicles acting on the information provided by Zakir, DMP Additional Commissioner (DB) Md Haroon Or Rasheed told the media Thursday.
During interrogation, Zakir admitted a massive fraud involving cars. He “sold” many cars that he never delivered.
Zakir told police that he conned around 600-700 people, including businessmen, government officials and lawmakers, using 60-70 vehicles. For example, he “sold” a single microbus with the same registration number to 37 people.
First, two microbuses were seized from Zakir’s possession, the DB chief said.
Later, based on the information given by him during interrogation, DB (Tejgaon Division) seized 20 more microbuses from different parts of the country, Haroon Or Rasheed added.
The UP chairman would cheat people with the help of 5-6 accomplices. He embezzled crores of taka and has 27 bank accounts in the name of his company “RK Motors” and his relatives.
There are as many as 12 cases against him at different police stations.
“DB (Tejgaon Division) started an investigation along with local police after a fraud case was filed against Zakir at Mughda Police Station on September 7,” the DB chief said.
Source: United News of Bangladesh