Dhaka, 4 August 2022 (BSS) - The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested
six, including the mastermind of a fraud ring from Mirpur area of the capital
on Wednesday.

The arrested are the ringleader Md Masum Billah, 33, Khairul Alam Rocky, 20,
Md Kamruzzaman, 22, Md Mahmudul Hasan, 32, Masud Rana, 24 and SM Raihan, 24.

In a press conference at the RAB media center in the capital's Karwan Bazar
at this morning, the commanding officer (commander) of the RAB-3 Lt Col Arif
Mohiuddin Ahmed said that, a team of the RAB-3 raided the Mirpur area of the
capital on Wednesday night, based on secret information, and held the gang.

He also said that during the operation, 8 mobile phones with SIM cards, Taka
5,540 in cash, a computer, stamp pads, company banners, huge amount of
admission forms, CV's, check books, visiting cards etc were recovered from
their possession.

The RAB official said that the ring was fraudulently extorting hefty sums of
money from a large number of job candidates through fake recruitment notices
posted on social media.

Necessary legal action has been taken against those arrested, said the RAB
official.