One arrested for demanding ransom from Turkish citizen posing as NSI spy

Staff Correspondent

The Gulshan Police Station of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has arrested a man for allegedly demanding extortion from a Turkish citizen in the capital by posing as a National Security Intelligence (NSI) officer. He was arrested from the East Kazipara area of ​​Mirpur on Saturday (September 21) afternoon. His name is Md. Rubel Hossain (38).

Gulshan Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Md. Hafizur Rahman confirmed the arrest.

The arrested person, Rubel Hossain, is the son of the deceased Akram Hossain of Jagjarchar village in Bancharampur upazila of Brahmanbaria.

OC Hafiz said that on August 31, Turkish Airlines Station Master Serkan Akin (Passport: PP 23912097) lives at Road No. 55, Gulshan-2. He received a call from 01771507582 on his phone. The unknown person introduced himself as NSI Gulshan Zone Assistant Director Abdul Muhin and asked about his passport verification. The Turkish citizen then spoke to his interpreter. The person who introduced himself as an intelligence officer who called checked the passport and date of birth of the Turkish citizen.

Then he took Serkan’s passport number and date of birth and said that the passport should be verified and submitted to the SB. And he demanded five thousand taka for this work. If the money was not paid, the verification would be blocked. Then he had to pay one lakh taka. When Serkan refused to pay the money, the man threatened him in various ways. Later, when the police were informed in writing through the Turkish Airlines authorities, a regular case was filed at the Gulshan police station.

Gulshan Police Station sources further informed that during the investigation of the case, a team of Gulshan Police Station with the help of information technology conducted a raid in East Kazipara area on Saturday afternoon and arrested Rubel. A mobile SIM and documents containing passport information of various people were recovered from him.

The police station also said that the arrested person has been sent to court.