3 held on charge of cheating in guise of anti-graft men
Staff Correspondent
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) yesterday arrested three people in front of Radisson Hotel in the city on charge of cheating a number of former lawmakers, businessmen, top government officials and business executives identifying themselves as members of the anti-graft taskforce. The crime busters also seized over Tk 3.97 lakh and four cellphone sets from the arrestees--Aminul Islam alias Liton, Shahjahan Kabir alias Shiplu and Ahsan Habib. Liton has been demanding bribe from the high profile and moneyed people over phone, identifying himself as Lt Col Humayun or Lt Col Zakaria. In some cases, Liton and his two other arrested associates, who used to identify themselves as taskforce members, have extorted money from the people, says a Rab press release. The release said the gang also made phone calls demanding tolls from former lawmakers Talukder Abdul Khaleq, Golam Morshed and SA Khaleq, businessman Mizanur Rahman Sinha, superintendent engineer of fisheries department AKM Brahamman and businessman Shaieruzzaman Mortuza.
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