Staff Reporter :
Fraud Mahbubur Rahman (50) used to introduce himself as a senior police officer for a long time. In order to take advantage of this identity, he was carrying on various frauds starting from lobbying trade. Even he lived a luxurious life and earned lakhs of taka from people through deception.
Finally, Mahbubur Rahman was caught by the CID while trying to defraud the said Department.He was arrested on Monday (January 10) from Jatrabari area of the capital.
Mahbub was caught while cheating with a fake office order in the name of CID’s Financial Crimes and Organized Crimes, CID Special Superintendent of Police (SSP) Mukta Dhar said at a press conference in the CID headquarters in the capital’s Malibagh on Tuesday noon.
Accused Mahbubur Rahman, who identified himself as a senior officer of the Bangladesh Police, had been lobbying for transfer of officers from one department to another or one station to another.
Following this, he also took a lot of money from a party to change the present investigating officer of a case of Motijheel police station and allegation of providing illegal benefits.
He sent a fake office order of CID’s Financial Crimes and Organized Crimes regarding the IO change of the case to explain his influence and power to the accused party.
The matter came to the notice of the higher authorities of the CID when the accused party tried to find out through various channels to verify the veracity of the order.
The CID started collecting evidence in this regard following the instructions of the higher authorities. After finding clear evidence of fraud, a CID team comprising LIC and Financial Crimes arrested Mahbub from Dakshin Jatrabari of the capital. By this time, he had squandered a large sum of money.
SSP Mukta Dhar said Mahbubur had extorted large sums of money from many people in various government and non-government departments by showing them the temptation offering jobs and promotions. Apart from this, he was doing other frauds including land brokerage.
He had been living a luxurious life in the capital introducing as a senior police officer and had acquired huge assets through deception. Further legal action is being taken against him, CID official added.
