Making fake revenue, postage stamps: Detectives arrest 4 of a fraud gang

Detectives arrested four members of a fraud gang which produced counterfeit revenue stamps and postage stamps and circulate those in the markets.

The arrestees were identified as Ashrafuzzaman alias Akash (45), Morsalin Sordar Sohel (30), Roni Sheikh (25) and Abdul Aziz (23).

A team of detectives arrested them in separate drives at Ashulia and Dhaka's Paltan area. Revenue and postage stamps worth Tk 18 crore were seized during the raid, AKM Hafiz Akter, additional commissioner (Detectives) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, told reporters at a press briefing at DMP media centre today.

The official said this gang had been producing various types of counterfeit stamps, court fee and other official documents for long and circulating those in the local markets, depriving government of revenue.

It costs around Tk 15 to produce a page of stamps and the gang used to sell it at Tk 25-30, detective officials said.