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Fake SRB member arrested for defrauding businessman
Published : Tuesday, 10 November, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Observer Correspondent
A 29-year-old man accused of impersonating a Special Response Battalion (SRB) intelligence officer and defrauding a businessman has been arrested in Thakurgaon.
Members of Special Response Battalion-13 (SRB-13) have arrested a man for allegedly posing as an SRB member and cheating a businessman in Dinajpur.
The accused, identified as Mirajul Islam, 29, was arrested during a raid in Chaturakhor village under Ruhia in Thakurgaon district early Tuesday (November 10).
According to a press release issued by the media wing of SRB-13, Mirajul is the son of the late Mizanur Rahman and a resident of Hazerapukur area in South Faridpur of Dinajpur district town.
According to the complaint, on October 19 at around 11:00 PM, Mirajul visited a business establishment near Crescent Kindergarten Girls' High School in Kalitala, Dinajpur.
Introducing himself as an intelligence officer of the SRB Dinajpur camp, he claimed that six gas cylinders and a gas stove were needed for the camp's canteen.
He allegedly purchased the items on credit from the shop owner, identified as A.K.M. Mozaharul Islam, and subsequently failed to pay.
The affected businessman filed a fraud case with Kotwali Police Station on October 30. The case was registered as Case No. 85.
Acting on a tip-off, members of the SRB Dinajpur camp conducted an operation in Chaturakhor village under Ruhia and arrested the accused in the early hours of Tuesday.
-MT
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