Police arrested the manager of a local NGO named RAK in connection with a case filed for embezzling Tk two crore, after allegedly conning 800 members of the NGO, from Paikgachcha upazila in Khulna district.

Police arrested Barun Biswas, of Noakati village in the upazila and manager of the NGO, from his residence on Saturday.

According to police statement, Barun opened an NGO named RAK in 2011 and appointed many workers in his organisation.

He also used his workers to collect general members for the organisation with a handsome amount of money after luring them with good profit.

When the organisation had a fund of Tk 2 crore, he embezzled the money and went into hiding six months back.

Recently, a member of the NGO came to know that Barun returned home, and informed police. Later, police arrested him from his residence.

Sazeda Begum, a member of the NGO, filed a case with Paikgachcha Police Station against Barun for embezzling the money after conning the members.