DHAKA, May 19, 2026(BSS)-The Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) has arrested two alleged cyber cheats from Syedpur area of Nilphamari district for their involvement in misappropriation of Taka 60 lakhs from a person of Brahmanbaria sadar alluring him to send Australia.

A team of PBI Brahmanbaria, based on intelligence information and technological analysis, arrested Md Khairul Islam (24) and b-kash dealer Md Jabedul Islam (38) from Syedpur  upazila of Nilphamari district on Sunday last. 

The arrested people are the members of an organized international cheat gang. They initially confessed their involvement to police and gave confessional statement before the court in this regard.

PBI officials said, the arrested persons allured one Abdus Salam of Brahmanbaria sadar to send him Australia with high salary by launching propaganda through social media platform.

 One Pran Islam, alleged mastermind of the gang, trained arrested Khairul for cheating innocent people and he opened a fake Imo ID named ‘Arif Mondal’, police said adding that Khairul made fake video contents on lucrative jobs in abroad on Imo to allure innocent people of the area sending  them to Australia with high salary.

The gang using Australian mobile number and Imo apps allured the victim and realized Taka over 60 lakhs through b-kash from 1st November 2025 to 1st March this year. Following the allegation, Salam filed a case with Brahmanbaria Sadar Thana under Cyber Security Act.  

On the other hand, arrested Jabedul Islam, as a b-kash dealer transacted the cheated money from the relatives of Salam and they have already misappropriated Taka 70 to 80 lakhs taka.

The PBI is trying to arrest the other members of the cheat gang.