Two arrested for scamming people by “selling Hilsa fish” online

The district police in Chandpur have arrested two more individuals on charges of online fraud involving the sale of various goods, including Hilsa fish. The district police disclosed this information on Wednesday evening (November 4).

According to the police, the gang used fake Facebook pages and WhatsApp accounts to advertise the sale of various products, including Hilsa fish. They would collect payments from buyers but never deliver the goods, effectively embezzling the money. With these latest arrests, a total of 11 members of this gang have now been taken into custody; nine others had been arrested previously.

Additional Superintendent of Police (Administration and Finance), Nadira Nur, stated that acting under the guidance of Chandpur District Superintendent of Police Md. Mizanur Rahman, a specialized team from the District Detective Branch, with the assistance of the Sandwip Police in Chittagong, conducted an operation in the Sandwip area on Tuesday, November 3. 

The operation involved Sub-Inspector (Unarmed) Md. Ansar Ullah, Sub-Inspector Ziaul Haque Zia, Assistant Sub-Inspector Md. Elias, and Assistant Sub-Inspector Zahir Uddin, along with their supporting team. During the operation, two associates of the gang were arrested from their respective homes.

The arrested individuals, Shanta Shil and Mithun Sutradhar, are both residents of the Sandwip police station area in Chittagong district. She further noted that the two arrested individuals served as accomplices in the fraudulent scheme, assisting with the gang's Facebook promotional activities, boosting posts on their pages, and setting up websites.

During the operation, authorities seized three mobile phones (containing SIM cards used for the fraud), four additional SIM cards, one laptop, and one desktop computer. The two arrested individuals were produced before the court on November 4. The case is currently under investigation.

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