DHAKA, July 16, 2026 (BSS) - A court here today placed four people, including the alleged kingpin of a visa fraud syndicate, on different terms of remand in a case filed over the alleged embezzlement of Taka 8.38 crore from 91 students by promising overseas student visas.

The four remanded accused are alleged syndicate kingpin Mohammad Harun Ur Rashid alias Md Matiur Rahman, Md Tanjir Islam, Saidur Rahman and Rabeya Khatun Tania. Of them, Tanjir was placed on a four-day remand, while the other three were each placed on a five-day remand.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Ariful Islam passed the order after police produced the four before the court and sought seven-day remand for each of them.

According to the first information report (FIR), the accused collected a total of Taka 8.38 crore from 91 students at different times on the promise of sending them abroad on student visas. Despite the expiry of the stipulated period, the students were neither sent abroad nor refunded. 

When they contacted the company, they were repeatedly assured that their student and family visa applications were being processed. Instead, the accused allegedly misappropriated the money.

The case was filed with Bhatara Police Station on July 8 by Al Amin on behalf of the victims. It named 13 accused and also implicated seven to eight unidentified persons.