Jumbangla Desk: Lazli Akhtar Lavanya set up a fraud shop in the name of giving a job. She used to introduce herself as a Jubo Mahila League leader and her husband Farid, an Ansar member, as a senior officer of RAB. They have misled the common youth by appointing their own PS-APS. Details from Yugantar's report-

He created a trap of cheating by taking some others with him from different places. Many young people have lost everything by stepping into this trap. They (husband and wife) looted crores of rupees by handing over fake employment letters. Several charge sheets were also given against them in the court during the previous government. But their stalks of deception could not be controlled.

These syndicate members are walking around with arrest warrants. Yugantar's own research revealed these facts. When asked about this, Additional IGP Khandkar Rafiqul Islam, head of the Special Branch (SB) of the police told Jugantar that as far as I remember, I had ordered the CID police to file a case under money laundering to root out this syndicate.

But during the previous government, instead of money laundering, the police gave the charge sheet of the case in the traditional way. But these cases are bailable. Even after the chargesheet, he got out of court on bail and got involved in fraud again. Due to which their fraud syndicate could not be broken.

He said, they have put many young people from ordinary families on the way. If they take 8 or 10 lakh taka from a family with a fake employment letter in the name of job, then that family will become destitute. For this reason, cases should have been filed under money laundering, excluding traditional cases. Only the CID has jurisdiction to file a case under this section.

In response to a question, he said that when there was a case of money laundering, the court at one stage ordered the seizure of goods. Then the process of seizure of movable and immovable assets begins. This senior police officer thinks that if they are all independent, the crime trend will decrease.

The investigation revealed that not only husband and wife Lazni and Farid, there are some others with them. Ansar member Farid RAB was on the mission. On this occasion he used to lure unemployed youths by pretending to be a RAB officer. They have put many youths on the path by luring the less educated unemployed boys with government jobs. In particular, Awami League has spread influence over various organizational posts.

The documents show that Lavanya's house is in the housing estate of Kushtia Sadar Upazila. His father's name is Shukur Chowdhury. Lives in House No. 1, Plot 9-D, Road No. 1, Mirpur, Dhaka. Her husband's name is Farid Uddin. He is a member of Ansar. Working in RAB on dispatch. One girl's husband, Faisal Ahmed, is also a member of this gang. Targeting common village boys, the gang first calls and offers government jobs.

At this time, if he does not show interest, he takes the strategy of gaining trust by sending pictures of him wearing RAB clothes on WhatsApp. In this situation, many young people were confused and agreed. At one point, they demanded a huge amount of money saying that they would give government jobs. They also guarantee money back if the job does not work.

Manik Kumar Sen, son of Shastinath Sen and his elder brother Mohan Sen of Defalchra village in Chatmohar upazila of Pabna are the victims. Among them, Manik is currently working as an IT executive at Sadagar Courier Service in Kamarpara, Tongir. The gang extorted Tk 22 lakh from these two brothers.

When asked about this, Manik said that on April 28, 2022, he filed a case of fraud at Mirpur Model Police Station. Lavanya, her husband Farid Uddin, daughter-in-law Saikat, her friend Rashidul and syndicate member Mizanur Rahman were accused in the case. It is said in the complaint that the accused in the case systematically cheated with fake appointment letters in the name of various ministries.

A friend of his named Rashidul Islam from the same area offered him a government job as an office assistant cum computer operator under the Ministry of Lands. At first he did not agree. After getting a job, he said to give money. Manik agreed to this proposal. In this way, 11 lakh taka was exchanged for the job. 11 October 2021 was suddenly given the date of his oral examination. Even by word of mouth. According to their word, Manik went to the gate of the secretariat that day. After a while an unidentified man took him to the library room inside the secretariat. Then the person interviewed him. He asked him some related questions.

After that, the unidentified person gave an opportunity to take a photo by showing an appointment letter with the job title and his photo attached. He went to Jubo Mahila League leader Lavanya's house and asked to pay Tk 11 lakh. After that, his father and brother went to Mirpur's house and gave 6 lakhs out of 11 lakhs. By October of that year, he said that the job appointment letter would be sent by post to his home address. Stepping into this trap of fraud, Manik paid another 5 lakhs to his friend Rashidul, a member of this circle.

Money is withdrawn before the fake appointment letter arrives at the village house. On October 30, Manik and his elder brother Mohan Sen came to Lavanya's Mirpur house. At that time, his elder brother was also tempted to get a job in the Food Department. 13 lakhs is demanded for the post of sub-food inspector. Another 11 lakhs were taken for jobs in the food department before the fake appointment letter arrived by post. 22 lakh taka was extorted from this family with the lure of government job. By borrowing money from various people, they have saved everything by giving money to the fraudsters.

On April 28, 2022, the police issued a charge sheet in Manik's case. In the charge sheet, the information of numerous cases against these fraudsters in different police stations is highlighted. Out of these, 2 in Sirajganj's Ullapara Police Station (Case No. 31 Petition Case No. 224/22 filed on 27 December 2021).

Besides, Mirpur Model Police Station Case No. GR 268/20 on December 23, 2021, Khulna Sadar Police Station FIR No. 11/268 on October 7, 2020, Khulna Sadar Police Station GR No. 268 on the same date, Khulna Khanjahan Ali Police Station CR Case No. 58/2020, Khulna Daulatpur Police Case No. 177/2020. Apart from this, cases have been filed against them in various police stations of the country, but no action has been taken by the government. It was not possible to take the statements of the accused persons as their mobile numbers were switched off.