The Detective Branch (DB) of police has arrested two members of local and foreign fraudulent gambling gang from the city’s Dakshin Khan area Monday night.
The detainees were identified as Shakil Khan, 22, and Zubaid Hasan Rochi, 32.
Police also recovered two laptops, six mobile phones, 21 SIM cards, and Tk98,000 in cash from their possession during the arrest.
Confirming the matter, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s (DMP) Demra Zone Detective Police Md Azharul Islam Mukul said: “Using modern information technology and intelligence surveillance, we have come to know that an organized domestic and foreign fraudulent gang operates online gambling business.”
A team of detectives secretly launched an operation in the Dakshin Khan police station area Monday night and arrested members of the gang.
During the initial interrogation, they admitted to having a connection with online casino gambling.
The intelligence officer further said that they had collected around Tk13 crore by providing their “Bkash” and “Nagad” numbers on Facebook pages and various YouTube channels.
Through e-wallet, they have sent crores of money to Shakhawat Hossain alias Shaon, the main gang member, in the last one year.
A case under the Digital Security Act (DSA) has been filed against them, he added
