Police said they arrested four members of a gang, which used to swindle people in the name of selling them US dollars, from Dhaka's Mirpur last night.
The arrestees are: Belayet Hossain Sheikh, the ringleader, Jashim Hawladar, Biraj Shikdar and Rasel Gazi.
A team of police arrested them during a drive at Paikpara area, Mohammad Mohsin, officer-in-charge of Mirpur Police Station, told The City News.
The OC said the gang members used to lure people into buying dollars at a rate cheaper than the market one.
Once the deal was agreed upon, the gang members used to hand the buyers bundles of dollars with $100 notes on top and bottom, but with $1 notes in the middle of the bundle.
By the time the buyers realised that they were given fewer dollars than they paid for, the gang members had already fled the scene, the OC said,
The gang members used to cheat people in this manner in different places in the country.
Belayet is accused in at least 12 cases, the OC said.
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