Police arrested two members of a fraudulentgang on charge of their involvement in grabbing crores of money from people in the district last night. Police said they were involved in the crime after trapping people through the Metaverse Foreign Exchange (MTFE) app.
The arrested were identified as Dipendranath Saha, 43, son of Dijendranath
Saha of Bishuhara village in Mohanpur upazila of the district and Latiful Bari Babu, 42, son of Abdur Rashid of Mohadevpur village in Naogaon district.
Commissioner of Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (RMP) Biplob Bijoy Talukder revealed this in a press conference at his office conference hall here this afternoon.
He said the detained persons grabbed crores of money from scores of youths
after trapping them in the MTFE App making the youths empty handed along with
pushing them into miserable life.
On a tip-off, a joint team of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and
Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) led by Rajpara Police Station belonging
to the RMP conducted a sudden raid and nabbed them from Mohanpur upazila area
in the district last night.
Quoting their confessional statement the RMP Commissioner Biplob Talukder
said they were involved in the criminal offense for a long time. They also
gave some important information in this connection which will be beneficial
in the investigation, he added.
