3 held for selling fake books
Police yesterday arrested three members of a syndicate who print fake textbooks secretly and sell those for a long time from Bangla Bazar area in the capital.
They are Enamul Rashid Johnny, 31, and his two accomplices Mohammad Sentu, 30, and Aktaruzzaman Bulu, 32.
Sutrapur police arrested them from a godown in Narinda after the trio stabbed a trader Golam Nabi, 30, on Wednesday night at North Brook Hall road near Bangla Bazar following an altercation over the printing, said Monir Hossain, sub-inspector of the police station.
Golam Nabi was admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital. A case has been filed with the police in this connection.
He also said the arrested persons admitted that they print fake textbooks from different tiny printing presses set up inside houses and godowns mostly in old Dhaka. Later, they supply those books to many places, including Bangla Bazar, he added.
On information from the arrested persons, police raided different places of old Dhaka to find out other members of the syndicate.
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