Fraudsters took Tk 80 thousand by cheating two people from Bkash in Habiganj. Both victims reported the matter in writing to Habiganj Superintendent of Police Akhtar Hossain. Later, the police monitoring cell of Habiganj cybercrime recovered the money. Later it was returned to the owner and police was praised by locals.
Shaheen Mia of Gopaya village of Sadar Upazila said that fraudsters took away a total of Tk 38 thousand 692 in last year form his Bkash account. When he complained, Superintendent of Police Akhtar Hossain entrusted the investigation to the Cyber Crime Monitoring Cell. Md Shamsul Haque, Additional Superintendent of Police (Crime and Ops), Habiganj, recovered Tk 38,000 from the said amount with the help of information technology and handed it over to the real owner.
Zayeda Khatun of the same upazila said that on March 17, an anonymous person called her. At that time the unknown person informed that her Bkash account would be closed. She was asked to give an OTP to keep the account active. When she gave the OTP, the fraudsters took Tk 40, 205 from the account. Later she filed a complaint at the police office.
Based on the complaint, Superintendent of Police Akhtar Hossain entrusted the investigation to the Cyber Crime Monitoring Cell. Later, under the leadership of Habiganj District Additional Superintendent of Police (Crime and Ops) Md Shamsul Haque, with the help of information technology, Tk 39 thousand 500 was recovered and handed over to the real owner. The police have been praised for these initiatives.
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