DB arrests fraudster accused of extorting money by offering fake government jobs

Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police has arrested a fraudster accused of extorting money by forging the signatures of government officials and issuing fake appointment letters.

Speaking at a press briefing at the DMP Media Centre today (15 August), DB Chief and Additional Commissioner Md Shafiqul Islam said a case has been filed at Pallabi Police Station in Dhaka in connection with the incident.

DB Chief said that the accused, Md Bablu Kazi, 60, allegedly gave the victim a fake job at a land office and paid him three months' salary to gain his trust before taking Tk13 lakh from him.

DB Chief also said a team from the DB's Wari Division arrested Bablu during an operation in the Mirpur area under Pallabi Police Station in Dhaka yesterday.

At the time of his arrest, DB recovered fake appointment orders bearing the seal of the Government of Bangladesh and forged signatures, as well as fake joining letters, gazettes and attendance registers.

According to the DB chief, Bablu and his associates had been operating for a long time by posing as officials of the Ministry of Land and forging signature of the level of a deputy secretary post to issue fake appointment letters.

Between 25 June and 26 July, the gang allegedly took Tk13 lakh from Md Sobuj Sarker, a resident of Nagarkanda in Faridpur, after promising him a government job.

The fraudsters reportedly gained their victims' trust by promising jobs without examinations and telling them that payment could be made after joining the post.

After handing a fake appointment letter and gazette notification, the gang arranged for him to sit at a land office and sign a fake attendance register.  They even paid him a small amount as "salary" for the first three months from their own pockets, the DB said.

After collecting a large sum of money, the fraudsters cut off communication and went into hiding.