Mufti Mizan Arrested After Allegedly Embezzling 1.5 Million Taka While Serving as a Mosque Imam to Fund Gambling

❐ Local correspondent

Mufti Mizanur Rahman (47) is accused of taking on the role of imam at mosques in various areas to raise money for gambling. He used to build close ties with the locals through his work as an imam.

Later, there were allegations that they used that identity to take money from them under various temptations and pretexts.

Mufti Mizanur is accused of cheating in various places including Melandah in Jamalpur. After joining as an imam at the Malanch Central Jama Masjid in Melandah, he was accused of taking more than 1.5 million taka from locals.

The victims allege that he then went into hiding with his wife and children.

On Wednesday, October 28, the Melandah Police Station arrested him from Shasngacha area of ​​Comilla city on the night of the previous day. The next day, Thursday, October 29, he was produced in court in a case filed on behalf of the victims. The judge ordered him to be sent to jail.

Mufti Mizanur Rahman was serving as the Imam and Khatib at the Malanch Central Jama Masjid in Melanda upazila. About three months after joining there, allegations were made against him of accepting money from some locals.

According to the victims, Mufti Mizanur went into hiding with his wife and children on the night of October 7 after taking money from them using various temptations and excuses.

He is a resident of Asra Masjidbari area of ​​North Gazipur, Laksam Upazila, Comilla. His father’s name is Ismail Majumder and his mother’s name is Mosha. Hasina Mahmuda Nargis. His current address on his national identity card is House No. 312, South Jatrabari, Dhaka, Post Office Faridabad-1204.

Sub-Inspector (SI) of Melandah Police Station Humayun Kabir said that the police had to work very hard to arrest Mufti Mizanur. He used different mobile SIMs at different times. Later, a plan was made to arrest him by identifying his location in Comilla.

According to the police, he was initially given 10,000 taka by a person. Later, he was arrested after being called with the promise of more money.

General Secretary of the Mosque Management Committee Md. Farhad Hossain said that they have received complaints against Mufti Mizanur of taking money from multiple people. A complaint was also filed with the Melanda Police Station in this regard earlier.

Ismail Hossain Raja (50), son of Abdus Salam Master of Malanch village, filed a case against Mufti Mizanur on behalf of the victims. He was produced in court in that case.

ATM Mahmudul Haque, officer-in-charge (OC) of Melandah Police Station, said that during the initial interrogation, Mufti Mizanur admitted to taking money from various people to raise money for gambling. It is initially known that there are cases against him in other parts of the country for taking money in the same way. An investigation is being conducted to see if anyone else is involved in the incident.