Ringleader of fraud gang held for deceiving people with fake visas

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested a man on charge of deceiving people with fake visas of different countries from Kusumbag residential area of Uttar Bisil under Shah Ali police station in the capital early Thursday.

The arrestee is identified as Siddiqur Rahman alias Siddique Biswas (45), ringleader of a fraud gang, hailing from Rajbari.

Acting on a tip-off, a team of law enforcers conducted a drive and arrested him from the area at 2:15 am, said Mozammel Haque, commanding officer of RAB-4.

During primary interrogation, the arrestee admitted that he used to set up "visa processing offices" in areas including Mirpur and Mohammadpur, and take money from people -- luring them with jobs in Malaysia, Russia, India and European countries.