The Detective Branch (DB) of police on Tuesday detained four persons along with some automated teller machines (ATM) cards in the capital for their alleged involvement in hi-tech forgeries.
Confirming the matter, Additional Deputy Commissioner of DB (West Division) Mashiur Rahman said: “On information, a special team of DB police held them and seized fake debit and credit cards, card-reading devices, CC cameras, camera lenses and other equipment from their possession.”
He, however, did not disclose the identities and other details of the detainees.
He said a press briefing is set to be held in this regard on Wednesday.
Earlier on June 2, the same team arrested two people and confiscated fake ATM cards from the city’s Mirpur and Uttara areas.
The men arrested were Mosharraf Hossain, an information technology expert, and Mohona Pharas, a Sri Lankan citizen. Both recently came to Bangladesh from London, but worked with two different gangs.
DB officials recovered fake debit and credit cards, card-reading devices, CC cameras, camera lenses and other equipment from their possession.
On June 1, DB police arrested the member of another card forgery gang, Mohona while another Bangladeshi IT expert Abdur Rahman was nabbed in Chittagong recently.
They were allegedly forging cards in the same way as Mosharraf did.
