Detectives have arrested five alleged members of a fake currency-making gang, including its chief, and seized fake notes worth Tk 35 lakh in the capital's Ramna.
The arrestees are Monir Khan, 24, the “ringleader”, Yakub Fakir, 20, Rubel Gazi, 25, Shahabuddin, 32, and Nazmul Islam, 18.
A team of Detective Branch (DB) of police nabbed the five raiding the fourth floor of a building at Boro Moghbazar around 8:30pm on Friday, Sheikh Nazmul Alam, deputy commissioner (west) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, told a press briefing at the DMP media centre yesterday.
The DB team also seized paper, four laptops, a desktop computer and three printers used for counterfeiting currencies along with partially printed notes worth Tk 50 lakh.
During preliminary interrogation, the alleged chief of the gang, Monir, confessed to have been involved in the illegal business for six to seven years, claimed Nazmul.
The arrestees, along with their other associates, were running the illegal trade after being divided into several groups. They would become more active during Eid and Puja celebrations as the demand for money increases then
Detectives were trying to detain other members of the gang, added the DC.