Staff Reporter :
Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Police arrested a man from Hotel Indropuri International at Farmgate in the capital on Thursday night on charge of swindling Tk around 42 lakh from an expatriate assuring him of solving his all problems, including making good relation with his lover.
Arrested Md Zobayer Ahmed Sumon, 27, hails from Chakdosh village in Borhanuddin upazila of Bhola district.
CID members arrested Sumon from the on Thursday night, said CID’s Crime Crisis Unit official Syeda Zannat Ara.
She made the disclosure at a press conference held at CID’s Malibagh office on Friday.
Zannat Ara said that Sumon along with his associates formed a fraud gang. In guise of ‘Jiner Badhsa’ and ‘Doyal Baba’, they made different advertisements saying that they have solutions of all problems, including relief from complicated diseases, bringing peace in conjugal life, and convincing fiance.
They embezzled money from general people luring and assuring them falsely through publishing the advertisements in newspapers.
Sohel Molla, an expatriate in Singapore, got stuck in the track of Sumon gang and gave it around Tk 42 lakh. On July 22, he lodged a case in this connection. Later, the CID was assigned to look into the case.
Earlier, CID arrested the gang’s three members– Md Zafar Iqbal (Kazal), Md Sagor (22), and Md Samir, 23, the police official said.
Zannat Ara said that main culprit of the vicious circle, Sumon, was arrested on information gleaned from the trio.
There are several cases against Sumon at Borhanuddin Police Station. He was also sentenced to five years in jail in a case, the police official added.
Fugitive Sumon, later, fled to Dhaka and started the same business through publishing advertisements in two weekly newspapers– ‘Bartaman Dinkal’ and ‘Chitrabangla’– through one Tyebur Rahman in exchange of Tk 20,000 monthly.
Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Police arrested a man from Hotel Indropuri International at Farmgate in the capital on Thursday night on charge of swindling Tk around 42 lakh from an expatriate assuring him of solving his all problems, including making good relation with his lover.
Arrested Md Zobayer Ahmed Sumon, 27, hails from Chakdosh village in Borhanuddin upazila of Bhola district.
CID members arrested Sumon from the on Thursday night, said CID’s Crime Crisis Unit official Syeda Zannat Ara.
She made the disclosure at a press conference held at CID’s Malibagh office on Friday.
Zannat Ara said that Sumon along with his associates formed a fraud gang. In guise of ‘Jiner Badhsa’ and ‘Doyal Baba’, they made different advertisements saying that they have solutions of all problems, including relief from complicated diseases, bringing peace in conjugal life, and convincing fiance.
They embezzled money from general people luring and assuring them falsely through publishing the advertisements in newspapers.
Sohel Molla, an expatriate in Singapore, got stuck in the track of Sumon gang and gave it around Tk 42 lakh. On July 22, he lodged a case in this connection. Later, the CID was assigned to look into the case.
Earlier, CID arrested the gang’s three members– Md Zafar Iqbal (Kazal), Md Sagor (22), and Md Samir, 23, the police official said.
Zannat Ara said that main culprit of the vicious circle, Sumon, was arrested on information gleaned from the trio.
There are several cases against Sumon at Borhanuddin Police Station. He was also sentenced to five years in jail in a case, the police official added.
Fugitive Sumon, later, fled to Dhaka and started the same business through publishing advertisements in two weekly newspapers– ‘Bartaman Dinkal’ and ‘Chitrabangla’– through one Tyebur Rahman in exchange of Tk 20,000 monthly.
