DHAKA: Eleven people were held on Sunday noon for attempting to withdraw some Tk 90-crore through forgery from Gulshan branch of BRAC Bank in the capital.

The detainees are Hasibul Hasan, 34, Sirajul Islam, 34, Sabbir Rahman, 40, Nazrul Haque, 42, Sahabur Rahman Bablu, 65, Khorshed Alam, 34, Delwar Hssian, 45, Selim Ahmed, 44, Shahjahan, 52, Kazi M Shahdat Hossain, 40 and Mahabur Rahman Kajal, 34. 

BRAC Bank Gunshan branch manager Sheikh M Ashraf told reporters that one Saiful Islam, a Bangladesh expatriate in USA, has a Fixed Deposit Return (FDR) account of over Tk 100-crore.

They submitted fake documents of power of attorney to the bank to cash the money from the account, he added

On suspicion, “we informed police about the cheating attempt. Later, a team of Gulshan police rushed in and nabbed the persons,” the manager said.

Confirming the matter, Nurul Alam, Assistant Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) told banglanews that the gang of cheaters had attempted to receive the huge amount of money by cheating the bank.

The detained cheaters are being interrogated in Gulshan Thana custody, he said, adding that details would be informed after interrogation ended.

BDST: 1930 HRS, MAR 8, 2015