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Rab arrests two swindlers
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) has arrested two men in Sylhet and Sunamganj on charge of swindling Bangladeshi expatriates in the Middle East by offering them jobs in European countries.
Rab arrested Nehar Ali of Sunamganj district with Tk 5.37 lakh at a courier service office in Sylhet city yesterday. He went there to withdraw the money sent by a job aspirant's family from Faridpur, Rab officials said.
Nehar was sent to jail custody.
Kazi Bazle Maola, assistant superintendent of police (ASP) of Rab-9, said Nehar's son Faisal Ahmed living in Malaysia and brother Asad Ali staying in Iran and some others allured people with jobs in Greece and other European countries in exchange for money.
The gang convinces people to make payment in Bangladesh through their families, he added.
In a separate drive, Rab caught Khorshed Mia of Habiganj as he was receiving Tk 1.8 lakh at a courier office in Moulvibazar town on Wednesday.
The money was sent by one Aklima Begum of Keraniganj, whose son Riaz Hossain, living in Dubai, had asked her to courier the money to Khorshed.
Khorshed was sent to jail custody.
ASP Kazi Bazle Maola said Khorshed had been collecting money through courier services while the other members of his gang were engaged in alluring Bangladeshis staying in Gulf countries with jobs in European states.
The gang members go untraced after receiving money in Bangladesh, he said.
Khorshed's gang has collected about Tk 50 lakh from the families of 20 persons living abroad during the last three months, he said. Rab recovered Tk 3,28,510 in cash from Khorshed's possession, he added.
During primary interrogation, Khorshed said some of his relatives including his nephew Rubel living in Dubai had asked him to collect the money.
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