Man arrested for texting S Alam Group chairman pretending to be military officer
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested a man for texting S Alam Group Chairman Saiful Alam Masud in WhatsApp introducing himself as a high-ranking military officer.
Kazi Nurul Hasan (52), a resident of Hathazari, Chattogram, was arrested on Sunday night from the GEC Mor area in the city.
Following the incident, S Alam Group's Manager Mohammad Hossain filed a fraud case against him with Kotwali police station the very night, Officer-in-Charge (OC) Zahidul Kabir told The Business Standard.
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The OC said Nurul Hasan identified himself as a high-ranking military officer and sent a message on the WhatsApp of the chairman of S Alam Group. He asked the chairman to call him back.
"Impersonating a government official and sending such a message to the chairman of the country's largest industrial conglomerate is a significant act of fraud," said OC Zahidul.
Nurul was sent to the Metropolitan Magistrate Court on Monday afternoon, he added.
