Jumbangla Desk: The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the police has arrested a member of the embezzlement gang by defrauding the family of martyr Sifat Ullah, who was killed in the anti-discrimination student movement.

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Arrested. Akash Bepari (21) is the son of Iskan Bepari of Dattapara Chowdhury Kandi village of Shibchar police station in Madaripur.

A team of Cyber ​​Intelligence and Risk Management Branch of CID arrested him on Friday (October 18) in Suryanagar area under Shivchar police station of Madaripur.

CID spokesperson Additional Superintendent of Police Azad Rahman confirmed the matter.

He said that the monitoring team of Cyber ​​Intelligence and Risk Management Branch of CID came to know through various newspapers that the family of Shaheed Sifat Ullah of Kishoreganj was a victim of fraud.

On October 10, Sifat's family lodged a complaint with the Cyber ​​Monitoring Unit saying that the fraudsters had stolen 1 lakh 56 thousand 150 rupees from them with a novel strategy.

Azad Rahman said that the gang called the government officials of the Ministry of Finance to give donations to the families of the martyrs in the anti-discrimination student movement. Then he asks for the bank account number from the Shaheed family and takes the ATM card information with skill. Then take the OTP by mentioning the serial number to pay the money. After taking the OTP, the fraudster steals the money from the card.

The CID spokesperson further said that a smart cyber monitoring team is working on the matter seriously to identify fraudsters and types of crime. The cyber unit has learned from preliminary investigations that the gang uses fraudulent money to purchase products from various online shopping platforms using fake names-addresses and mobile numbers.

Later on Friday, a team of CID's Cyber ​​Intelligence and Risk Management Branch conducted a series of raids in Suryanagar area under Shivchar Thana of Madaripur district and identified members of the fraudsters. Akash arrests the dealer.

Additional Superintendent of Police Azad Rahman said, during preliminary interrogation, the arrested accused admitted that they are a gang of 14-15 people who have been stealing people's money through fraud for a long time. A case is pending against him.

Shaheed Sifat Ullah (19) is a resident of Munyarikanda village of Pakundia upazila of Kishoreganj. He was a student of Mauna Emdadul Uloom Jamia Islamia Madrasa in Sreepur Upazila of Gazipur. Various organizations have given financial support to the family of Shaheed Sifat Ullah.