UNB, Dhaka :
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on Tuesday claimed to have busted a gang of cyber cheats with the arrest of its five members in Dhaka.
The arrestees have been identified as Md Golam Mostafa, 60, the gang leader, Md Jalal Bashar, 54, Md Muslim Uddin, 40, Md Minarul Islam Minni, 22, and Md Tareq Mridha, 21.
Acting on a tip-off, a team of Rab-3 conducted a drive in the city’s Malibagh, Basabo, Shahjahanpur and Kotwali police station areas and arrested them on Monday.
During the drive, the elite force also seized two computers, 2,460 fake receipts of the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority, 26 fake national identity cards, one laptop, one digital camera, 18 fake driving licences, one card printer, four pen drives, five cell phones and Tk 2,800 in cash from their possession.
The accused would lure potential targets on Facebook with the offer of getting them driving licences and national identity cards in a short time, the force said in a release.
Legal action will be taken against them, officials said.
