NGO officials sued for 'cheating' job seekers

25 April 2009, 18:00 PM

Our Correspondent, Satkhira

Police arrested one person following a case filed with Patkelghata Police Station yesterday, accusing three officials of a so-called NGO of defrauding scores of unemployed youths of more than Tk 10 lakh. Victim Enayet Ali of village Tailkupi in Tala upazila sued Afaj Uddin Sardar, son of Ata Ullah Sardar, Dalim Morol, son of Salek Morol and Mohammad Ali, son of Sher Ali of village Dhamrail in Paikgachha upazila in Khulna district. Police later arrested Dalim in this connection and sent him to jail. Enayet alleged that the accused set up an NGO -- Manab Kalyan Sangstha -- at Munshipara in Satkhira town in January last. The next month they rented a house at Patkelghata Bazar to open the NGO's branch office in Tala upazila. There they lured a good number of unemployed youths promising to sent them abroad with lucrative salary very soon, Enayet alleged. They took taka one lakh each from Lutfar, Hafizur and Sagar of village Jujkhola, Bellal of village Balarampur, Zahid Hasan of village Nagarghata, Ayub Ali of village Patkelghata and others including the complainant himself, said the complaint. Besides, the alleged cheat took several lakhs taka as deposit from the destitute women of the area on the plea of giving them easy loan, it said. Furthermore, they took Tk 5,000-10,000 from each of the candidates who applied for jobs at the NGO. Defrauding scores of unemployed youths and destitute women, the cheat decamped with over Tk 10 lakh in March, said the complainant. Contacted, Enayet Ali said he filed the case as he fell prey to cheating by the said NGO. Sub-Inspector (SI) Sabur at Patkelghata Police Station said police arrested an accused, Dalim Morol, in this connection. "We are trying to nab the other culprits who have gone into hiding to evade arrest," he added.