Staff Reporter :
Four Nigerian nationals were arrested by members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in the city’s Uttara area early Monday on the charge of allegedly swindling a huge amount of money from people in the name of lottery winning from a Nigerian company.
The arrested men are Ibrahim, 29, Kelesi Prince Jhon, 40, Samuyel Azubuke, 35, and Danis Akudiri, 40.
They also recovered 14 mobile phone sets, 24 foreign SIMs, three laptops, five credit cards, one debit card, five modems, and TK 70,000 in cash, from their possession, RAB sources said. RAB Legal and Media Wing Assistant Director Mizanur Rahman Bhuiyan said, “A team of RAB-1 conducted a drive in Mirpur-14 area around 12:45 am and arrested Ibrahim. According to his information, they conducted another derive in Uttara-6 and arrested his three cohorts.”
“They deceived people through email and mobile by making them believe that they had won lotteries.
The arrested men took several crore of taka from people through bKash agent in the name of the delivery of lottery goods [Gift] at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport,” the RAB official said.
They also sent different messages to the elite force members as they contacted with them through mobile phone and email in the guise of common people, he said.
Laptops, mobile phones and SIM cards that were being used in the swindling have been confiscated, the elite force official said. They came in the country in the name of taking part in football match and garment business around seven months ago, Mizanur Rahman said. They have strong link with some Bangladeshi crime syndicates, he said.
A case was filed with the Uttara West Police Station in this connection.
