Staff Correspondent: Dhaka, Aug-05,
The Rapid Action Battalion arrested a ringleader of an organised gang and one of his accomplices with firearms and huge stash of contraband items from Bashundhara Residential Area on Tuesday night.
The arrestees were
identified as Sharful Hasan alias Mishu Hasan (31) and his accomplice Md.
Masudul Islam alias Jisan (39).
The elite force
confirmed the information to the media yesterday evening.
A firearm, 6 rounds of
ammunition, 13,300 pieces of yaba, an expensive Ferrari car, 2 laptops, several
mobile phones, chequebooks of various banks and ATM cards, passports of
different countries and Indian counterfeit currency (Rs. 49,500) were seized
during the raid.
The arrestees are
members of an organized Dhaka gang. There are about 10/12 members in their
group.
They carry out their
activities in different aristocratic areas of the capital, targeting youths
from affluent backgrounds, especially in different areas including Gulshan,
Baridhara, Banani, selling drugs in the name of party or DJ party.
They even have
'branches' in Dubai, Europe and America for the upper-class expatriates.
The group often
blackmailed their clients by recording pictures and videos of their private
moments without the subjects' consent.
RAB sources told media
that the group has also invested in several fake local businesses in order to
whitewash their money.
Arrested Sharful Hasan
alias Mishu Hasan trades luxury cars in Bangladesh. He said during
interrogation that he used to resort to irregularities and fraud while
importing luxury cars. He himself used expensive cars.
Mishu owns five cars,
including two personalised Range Rovers, an Aqua, a Volkswagen and a Ferrari.
The RAB sources told
the media that Mishu is a mastermind of tax evasion.
Jisan, on the other
hand, owns a cattle farm where the
prohibited Brahma breed of cows were being reared.
Mishu had been arrested
three times in different cases earlier. There are several ongoing cases in his
name.
He reportedly keeps
contact with many notorious criminal masterminds around the world.
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