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Police have arrested a man who allegedly faked the identity of an advisor to the prime minister to carry out a string of fraudulent activities, including an application to the Bangladesh Bank seeking a loan of Tk 10 billion.
The 50-year-old suspect, identified as Arif Mainuddin, sent a series of letters to different government and private offices, sparing neither the police nor the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) in his pursuit of financial perks and administrative favours, bdnews24.com reports.
Additional Commissioner of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Detective Branch Md Shafiqul Islam shared details of the arrest during a media briefing at the DMP Media Centre on Sunday.
Mainuddin was apprehended in Cox’s Bazar’s Chakaria on Saturday night.
According to investigators, Mainuddin created a forged government gazette notification dated Feb 17, which falsely claimed he had been appointed as an advisor to the prime minister with the rank of a state minister.
He used this document, along with fake visiting cards featuring the prime minister's photograph, to deceive people from all walks of life.
He allegedly extorted cash from different people by posing as the member secretary of a disappearance welfare trust.
He reportedly approached several police departments demanding office space and other financial benefits under his assumed title.