Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested four members of a gang including its ringleader for their involvement in online gambling centring the ongoing International Cricket Cup (ICC) from Dhaka’s Malibagh and Gazipur’s Sreepur area on Monday night.
The arrestees are ringleader Nishat Munna, 20, his cohorts Kamrul Islam Shuvo, 27, Sumon, 35, and Nazmul Hossain Babu, 31.
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Commander Khandaker Al-Moin, law and media wing director of RAB, disclosed this at a media briefing of its media centre in Dhaka’s Karwan Bazar area Tuesday afternoon.
The RAB officer said Nishat used to work as a local agent of a foreign online gambling site.
The gang laundered around Tk 50 lakh to their foreign agents from the country after keeping their share, he said.
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On information, RAB members recovered 16 mobile phone sets, 18 SIM cards, CPU and monitor from their possessions during the drives, the RAB commander said.
The local gang was involved in spreading the online gambling in different areas of Bangladesh by opening their clients’ accounts, transacting money through mobile banking and laundering money to neighbouring countries.
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The gang used to target youths to involve them in online gambling ahead of mega sports events including Football World Cup, Cricket World Cup, IPL, BPL and various football leagues and tournaments.