Eight members of fraud gang held in Kushtia

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have arrested eight members of a fraud gang on charges of fraud from deferent areas of the district.

The arrested were identified as chairman of Sun Rise Business Services Ltd Md Sajjad Hossain, 29, son of Monirul Islam of Char Aowsia village of Shailkupa upazila, its managing director Mohsin Ali,31, son of Abdul Gafur of Maheshpur Thana of Jhenaidah and Finance Director Md Imran Hossain,28, son of Tofazzel Hossain of Gobra village of Kumarkhali, Hasan Ali, 28, son of Jalil Biswas, resident of Betbaria village of Kumarkhali upazila, Abdul Hannan,43, son of late Amjad Hossain, resident of Mahendrapur village, Md Mustafa Rashed Panna,47, son of Liaqat Ali, resident of Washi village, Ayub Ali, 28, son of late Alauddin, resident of Banshgram, and Md Hafizur Rahman,28, son of late Altaf Hossain, resident of Bahalbaria village.

The Sun Rise Business Services Ltd embezzled Taka 10 crore from 5,000 customers from different areas of the district under the condition of engaging in multi-level marketing business with the lure of high profits with low investment, RAB-12, CPC-1 Kushtia camp company commander squadron Leader Mohammad Elias Khan said this at a press conference on Saturday afternoon, reports BSS.

Among these, a number of customers filed multiple cases in Mirpur Police Station in Kushtia and Kumarkhali Police Station, alleging fraud and RAB-12 arrested 5 people from different places of the district and three more company leaders from Mirpur, Dhaka according to their confession.

Legal steps will be taken against the detainees, the official added.