Detective Branch (DB) of police in a drive yesterday arrested a leader of gang engaged in private university admission trade from the capital’s Gulshan area.
The arrestee Rahimul Kabir Zamil, 29, used to operate among noted universities including North-South University, East West University, American International University-Bangladesh, Brac University and Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology.
Assistant Commissioner Aminul Islam of DB police said a DB team led by Additional Deputy Commissioner Manosh Kumar Poddar raided Rahimul’s residence in Gulshan following a tip-off and arrested him. During the raid the team found 40 cellphones and 53 SIM cards which were used in admission trade, he added.
Rahimul was awarded six month jail by a mobile court of Dhaka Metropolitan Police.
In primary interrogation, Rahimul confessed that he operated with the help of private university staffs.
He collected detailed information of students seeking admission and later phoned them with an offer of a secured admission in exchange of Tk30,000 to Tk80,000 depending on the university.
Quoting Rahimul, the AC Aminul said some guardians used to respond to the calls and give the money he demanded. Then, using his good relation with people in admission sections, he would get the candidate admitted to the desired university.
At least 25 to 30 people used to help him in this job and in the last three years Rahimul was able to collect nearly Tk50 lakh.
AC Aminul further said Rahimul used nine bank accounts to keep the money collected from admission trade. He used to change his SIM numbers so that no one was able to trace him after the trade, Aminul added.
Hailing from Raypura area of Lakshmipur, Rahimul completed his SSC in the year 2005 and later completed BBA from East West University.
