Rapid Action Battalion (
RAB) have arrested a couple on charges of embezzling Tk 2crore by posing as a recruiting agent of the National Security Intelligence (
NSI) in
Chattogram's Sitakunda upazila.
The arrested are Mujibur Rahman, 46, and his wife Mumtaz Begum, 34, both were residents of the upazila.
Chattogram RAB-7 confirmed the information in a statement released on Friday.
Mohammad Solaiman, Inspector (Investigation) of Sitakunda Police Station, confirmed the arrest and said there are three accused in the two cases filed by RAB-7 member DAD Mohammad Masud and one of the victims, Manjur Alam.
"An accused named Anwar Shahadat, 34, is on the run," he added.
According to case documents, Mumtaz took Tk12.5 lakh from Monjur Alam, Tk7.5 lakh from Mohammad Ekram, Tk2.5 lakh from Nayan, and Tk12 lakh from Sadiqul Alam, promising to secure their jobs in the posts of watcher and field officer at the NSI.
Mumtaz Begum has been accused of impersonating a senior government official, Deputy Director of Crime Investigation, NSI, for fraudulent purposes, while her husband Mujibur Rahman and Anwar Shahadat have been accused of helping her in fraudulent activities.
Following the cases, RAB-7 officials launched a drive on Wenesday and arrested Mumtaz from Premtala area in Sitakunda and her husband Mujibur Rahman from the Barabkunda area in the upazila, reads the statement of RAB..
During the drive, they also seized 960 pieces of yaba tablets from Mumtaz Begum, said the statement.
Inspector Solaiman further said, "In the fraud case, all three of the accused including Mumtaz, her husband Mujibur Rahman and Anwar Shahadat were made accused. while Mumtaz made sole accused in a second case filed in connection with the drugs."
Confirming the matter, Md Sharif-ul-Alam, RAB-7 senior assistant superintendent of police, said the arrested couple were handed over to Sitakunda Police Station to take legal actions.
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