A Dhaka court on Saturday sent two accused to jail after their two-day remand in a case lodged over embezzling crores of Taka using the names of various noted personalities of the country.
The accused are - Mansur Ahmed, 33, the head of a fraud gang, and one of his associates Md Mohsin Chowdhury, 55.
Police produced them in court after their two-day remand and the Investigation Officer (IO) of the case requested to keep them behind the bars until the investigation of the case is completed.
Following the plea, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Ishrat Jahan passed the order to send them to jail. They were put on remand on May 18. Earlier, Members of RAB-3 arrested them from the city's Paltan area on May 17 last and recovered various documents and digital footprints used in the fraudulence activities.
A case under Digital Security Act was filed against them with Paltan Police Station.
The accused persons and their gang usually persuade people by using the names of family members of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and other noted personalities of the country.
The government in an official release issued on May 16, warned that stern actions will be taken against those who will try to get government works or other benefits illegally using the names of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana and their family members.
"Recently, it has been noticed that a vested quarter is trying to get government works or other benefits using the names of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana and names of their offspring and being involved in illegal money transactions," said the release.
It said that none of the family members of Prime Minister and Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is involved in any kind of business or endorse such lobbying.
