Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Sunday arrested six people for their alleged involvement in stealing over Tk1 crore government money by hacking a website.
RAB-6 arrested the members of the gang by raiding Dhaka's Mirpur, Kafrul and Gazipur Sadar areas on Sunday.
The arrestees are -- Md Shahriar Islam, 26, Md Azim Hossain, 27, Md Shimul Bhuiyan, 32, Rubel Mahmud, 33, Faisal Ahammed, 23, Anisur Rahman, 23.
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) Legal and Media Wing Director Khandaker Al Moin confirmed the matter at a press conference on Monday.
Some Tk1,89,659, a CPU, mobile phone, SIM card, pen drive, cheque books of various banks, and other equipment used in fraud were seized from their possession.
The gang allegedly hacked into Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) technical support company CNS Limited Bangladesh's server and stole over Tk1 crore of government money in a month.
They collected money from consumers for various activities, such as changing ownership of cars and renewing licenses.
