Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police has arrested four members of gang that grabbed money from people by faking as Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) officials.
Md Selim alias Tanvir Islam alias Shafikur Rahman, Md Sohagh Patwari, Abdul Hai Sohagh and Md Azmir Hossain were detained on August 14 in separate raids conducted across the capital, reports BSS.
"Of the four, Md Sohagh Patwari used to collect information from ACC website and set targets on different people and agency. He then prepared fake letters and handed over those to Abdul Hai Sohagh and Md Azmir Hossain. They used to collect phone numbers of different officials, demand and extort money from them, posing as ACC officials," joint commissioner (cyber and special crime and DB North) Khondkar Nurunnabi told newsmen at a press briefing at DMP media centre on Wednesday.
Police seized seven mobile phones, 10 SIM cards, seven fake ID cards of ACC, 12 investigation reports and three notebooks containing phone numbers of many people from the possessions of the arrestees.
"ACC deputy director Syed Nazrul Islam filed a case in this regard with Ramna Police Station on August 13. Teams of DB Lalbagh Zone conducted separate raids in Jatrabari, Mugda and Airport area on August 14," the DB official said.
Police said the frauds used to extort Taka 80,000 to 3,00,000 from each target and summoned them in front of ACC Headquarters to make them believe that they are real officials of anti-graft body.
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