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<i>Swindler finally put behind bars</i>

23 February 2009, 18:00 PM

NATIONAL

Staff Correspondent, Sylhet

A 'swindler' accused of cheating people of huge amount of money upon false assurance of sending them abroad was sent to jail yesterday. The accused, Sayeed Mahmud Anisur Rahman alias Firoze hailing from village Khalishacholi of Chandpur, was arrested from Sylhet city on Sunday. He started living in Sylhet city over a year ago and took a large amount of money from a number of people of Bralekha in Moulvibazar and Golapganj in Sylhet for sending them abroad, police said. He took Tk 4.9 lakh from Mainuddin of village Nij Dhakadakshin in Golapganj for sending him to Spain, Tk 2.62 lakh in advance for sending Abdul Zabbar to England for Tk 11 lakh, Tk 1.04 lakh in advance from Badrul Islam of Baghatikor and Tk one lakh in advance for sending Faizur Rahman of Pakhiala to Canada, police quoted the victims as saying. He also took Tk 70,000 from Tajul Islam of Gaziteka in Barlekha and Tk 1.5 lakh from Monaf Ahmed of Maijbhag for sending them to Spain, they said. After passing months in the name of 'arranging things', Sayeed gave bank cheques to some of them, but the cheques were dishonoured, said the victims. To evade the depositors, he changed his house in Sylhet city several times. After Haji Faruque Ahmed of Barlekha filed a case against Sayeed with the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate's Court in Moulvibazar, the court issued warrant of arrest. Sylhet Kotwali police arrested Sayeed from his rented house in Sylhet city Sunday night and sent him to Barlekha Police Station. He was produced before the court yesterday and the court sent him to jail.