Model Faria Mahbub Piyasha, Mou Akter detained

Model and former TV presenter Faria Mahbub Piyasha has been detained.

Detective Branch of police detained her following a raid at her Baridhara residence on Sunday night.

The law enforcers also seized foreign liquor, shisha and yaba pills from the residence.

Meanwhile, DB arrested another ‘model’ named Mou Akter from her Mohammadpur residence during a separate drive.

Confirming the news, Mohidul Islam, additional deputy commissioner of Cyber and Special Crime Department of DB, said a DB team started the drive tonight at her Baridhara residence of Piyasha and detained her during the drive.

"The two models were members of a blackmailing ring. They arranged drugs for young girls and boys and would take compromising photos of them. And later, they would blackmail them with those photos," he said.