A 20-year-old woman who posed as a magistrate to trick local shopkeepers was arrested in Jessore on Tuesday, police said.
Suraiya Akter Misti, daughter of Abdur Rahim of Putni village in Satkhira district, was nabbed from the Ulashi Bazar area of Jessore's Sharsha upazila.
Jamal Uddin Pipul, president of Ulashi Bazar Committee, said that Suraiya came to the market and started inspecting shops after identifying herself as a magistrate.
The shopkeepers got suspicious and informed the cops, he said.
Later, a team from a local police station rushed to the spot and arrested Suraiya. A diary, a notebook and an identity card issued by an NGO were seized from her possession.
Mamun Khan, officer-in-charge (OC) of Sharsha police station said that an FIR was filed against the accused. "She will be produced in a local court on Wednesday," he added.