2 brokers jailed for cheating BRTA service seekers
A mobile court yesterday sentenced two brokers to four months on charges of pocketing money from two BRTA service seekers preparing forged documents of Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTA).
The arrestees Tusher Ahmed and Mohammad Arif are members of an organised gang of brokers.
A team of Rab-4 arrested them from the premises of Mirpur BRTA office on request from BRTA officials with whom the two cheated service seekers lodged complaints recently.
Kazi Babla Sharif, one of the complainants, said he gave Tk. 13,000 to Arif in July last year for transfer of ownership of a private car he bought, his job was not done. Rather the cheat demanded Tk 3,000 more from him recently.
Finally he along with a team of plain clothes Rab went to the BRTA Mirpur office yesterday noon. Rab members arrested Arif as he went to collect the money from Sharif.
"As it takes days to complete the process and officials do not cooperate I opted to give the fees with tips to the broker," Sharif told The Daily Star yesterday.
Another convict Tusher took Tk 12,500 from wing commander (Retd) Nurul Islam for transferring ownership of a car that his son bought a few months back, but he was also cheated.
Both the culprits prepared forged BRTA money receipts.
Tusher and Arif claimed that they work in alliance with BRTA official assistants who wear yellow jackets.
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