DHAKA, Jan 6, 2025 (BSS) - The Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime unit (CTTC) has arrested a professional fraudster on charges of embezzling lakhs of money from victims by using innovative tactics impersonating him an assistant superintendent of police (ASP).

A squad of the CTTC arrested Fakhrul Islam Bijoy (30) after conducting a raid in the East Lamapara area of Narayanganj  on Sunday evening. 

The CTTC unit of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested Bijoy in connection with a general diary (GD) filed with the Gulshan Police Station on October 24, 2024.

According to the details of the GD, on October 23, 2024 a person sent objectionable photos and videos from a fake Facebook ID to Al-Amin Dhali's messenger. 

The arrestee Bijoy called Al-Amin and sent a copy of the GD on WhatsApp, introducing himself as an ASP of the Anti-Terrorism Unit (ATU) of the police and saying that he works in the Cyber ??Crime Division of the ATU.

 On that day, around 6:30 pm, Fakhrul called and demanded money from Al-Amin, assuring him of solving the GD's problem. 

In good faith, the victim Al-Amin first paid him Tk 2,190 taka. Later, he paid a total of Tk 585,000 through bKash and Nagad at different times until October 29, 2024. 

But when Bijoy demanded Tk 10 lakh more to solve the problem of that GD, Al-Amin realized that Bijoy was a fraudster. 

Later, when the victim Al-Amin stopped paying the money, the fraudster Bijoy threatened to spread his fake pictures and videos on the social media.

CTTC sources said they have started a shadow investigation in this regard and identified the location of the fraudster with the help of information technology and arrested Bijoy. 

According to the information obtained during the initial interrogation, the CTTC said that the fraudster Bijoy used to collect copies of missing GDs filed at the police station or online through dishonesty.

Later, he would introduce himself as the ASP of the Anti-Terrorism Unit (ATU) Cyber Crime and promise to solve the problem of the GD and extort a large amount of money from the victims through deception, the CTTC sources said.