The arrestees are Md Sumon Parvez (40), Md Majid (42), Siddharth Shankar Sutradhar (32), Md Anwarul Islam (26) and Md Abdullah Al Mamun (41).
Twelve dual, fake and duplicate NIDs cards were recovered from their possessions.
Tipped off, a team of Organized Crime and Vehicle Theft Prevention Team under the DB (Lalbagh Division) conducted a drive in D-Block area of Mirpur Zoo Road at 7:45 pm on Saturday and arrested the five syndicate members.
Deputy commissioner (media) Walid Hossain said Sumon and Majid used to help loan defaulters to apply for loan using fake NIDs and they usually take Tk 80,000 to Tk 1 lakh from each of them for making fake NID card.
Besides, they also asked their clients to pay 10% of the total loan after sanction of the loan amount from banks. If they agreed, they first make a fake NID card.
Their other accomplices--Siddhartha Shankar Sutradhar and Md. Anwarul Islam used to make fake identity cards. They used to charge Tk 35,000 to Tk 40,000 for each fake NID card, he said.
As Siddharth Shankar Sutradhar and Anwarul Islam worked as data entry operators in Khilgaon and Gulshan offices under the Election Commission's outsourcing company e-zone companies, they could easily create fake NID cards using the software of the Election Commission office, Walid Hossain added.
A case was filed against them with Mirpur Mod police station.