UNB, Dhaka :
Police in a drive arrested two alleged members of international cheque forgery syndicate from separate areas of the capital on Thursday and early Friday.
The arrestees were identified as Asif Rahman, 25, and Khalequzzaman Rana, 30, a buying house owner.
Abdul Bari, sub-inspector of Gulshan Police Station, said Asif and Rana had been maintaining an account with the Gulshan branch of Standard Chartered Bank since 2013.
They, in the meantime, withdrew 40,000 US dollars from the bank account using fake cheques.
Officials of Standard Chartered Bank, US branch recently noticed a fake cheque while giving clearance to it. Upon receiving information about the fraudulence, the authorities
concerned of the Gulshan branch Standard Chattered Bank blocked Asif’s account. As Asif had been at the bank branch on Thursday, the bank authorities handed him over to police around 7 pm on charge of fraudulence.
After interrogation, Asif reportedly confessed to the police about his involvement in the crime and disclosed the names of two others, including Rana. Later, police raided the house of Rana in Uttara and arrested him at around 4 am on Friday.
Police in a drive arrested two alleged members of international cheque forgery syndicate from separate areas of the capital on Thursday and early Friday.
The arrestees were identified as Asif Rahman, 25, and Khalequzzaman Rana, 30, a buying house owner.
Abdul Bari, sub-inspector of Gulshan Police Station, said Asif and Rana had been maintaining an account with the Gulshan branch of Standard Chartered Bank since 2013.
They, in the meantime, withdrew 40,000 US dollars from the bank account using fake cheques.
Officials of Standard Chartered Bank, US branch recently noticed a fake cheque while giving clearance to it. Upon receiving information about the fraudulence, the authorities
concerned of the Gulshan branch Standard Chattered Bank blocked Asif’s account. As Asif had been at the bank branch on Thursday, the bank authorities handed him over to police around 7 pm on charge of fraudulence.
After interrogation, Asif reportedly confessed to the police about his involvement in the crime and disclosed the names of two others, including Rana. Later, police raided the house of Rana in Uttara and arrested him at around 4 am on Friday.
