Six NGO men held on charge of cheating
A court here on Tuesday sent six employees of Foyjul Quran Foundation, a pro-Islamic NGO, to jail hajat.
They were held on charge of cheating people in the name of giving jobs and preventing police from doing their duty.
The arrestees were identified as Fayjur Rahman, 25, Sarwar Alam, 28, Gias
Uddin, 20, Billal Hossain, 32, and Ramzan Ali, 22, of the district and Tarequl Islam, 20, of Jamalpur district.
Police quoting locals said, the NGO men took the unemployed youths to their Quran Shikkha Kendra and Non-formal Education Centre. There in the name of giving jobs they collected Tk 20,000-30,000 from each of them as security money four months ago.
But failing to get the jobs as per commitment the youths lodged a complaint with the police.
Later, on the basis of the complaint, police raided the NGO office in Madhabpur area of the district town and arrested them on Monday noon. At one stage the employees tried resist the law enforcers.
On Tuesday noon, police produced them to court and Chief Judicial Magistrate Mia
Mohammad Ali Akbar Azizi sent all six to jail hajat rejecting their bail prayers.
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