Seven members of an organised fraud ring have been arrested by the DB-Mirpur Division of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in connection with honey trap and job scam cases. The arrested individuals are: Md Bipul Khan (33), Farin Tanha Tofa (29), Shampa Akter (24), Shah Mohammad Jobair Abhik (23), Md Al-Masud (32), Mosammat Monika Akter (18), and Md Abu Sufian (27).
The arrests were made on Thursday, August 21, 2025, following operations in Shyampur and Tejgaon areas of the capital.
According to sources from the DB-Mirpur Division, on August 13, 2025, Md Rahman from Shariatpur, who had been receiving treatment for physical illness at the SPC Therapy Center in Mohammadpur’s Nurjahan Road, met Md Monir Uddin, a translator from Cox’s Bazar. They became acquainted and later developed a close relationship due to staying in adjacent beds.
On August 19, Monir suggested to Md Rahman to contact a phone number from a job advertisement for a driving position. Rahman followed the advice and was asked to meet in the Barik Mollah area of Mirpur. At around 7pm, when Rahman and Monir reached the area, a young man met them and, after discussing the job, took them to the sixth floor of a building in Shyampur via an auto-rickshaw.
In the room, they were confronted by a group of ten men and six or seven women, who proceeded to lock them in and assault them. While sitting with the three women, they were recorded on video.
The criminals seized Tk11,000 in cash, Tk55,000 through mobile banking, and two mobile phones, a Nokia belonging to Rahman and a Redmi C-3 phone from Monir. They also threatened to release the video and photos on social media and harm them if they reported the incident.
After the incident came to the attention of DB-Mirpur Division, multiple teams conducted raids and arrested the perpetrators. During the operation, the Redmi C-3 mobile phone seized from Monir Uddin was recovered, along with three other mobile phones used by the criminals.
Initial interrogation revealed that the suspects had been luring people with promises of real services and job opportunities via Facebook, Imo, and Telegram for a long time, extorting money from their victims. Many victims had been too embarrassed to report the crimes due to fear of damage to their reputation, allowing the scam ring to continue their operations.
Legal action has been taken against the arrested individuals.