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Four members of a fake-notes supply gang from the city with fake notes worth Tk1.5 crore arrested by the Detective Branch of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police. The arrestees were identified as Liakat Hossen Jakir, 40, Momtaz Begum, 25, Liman Akter Rina, 40, and Sajeda Akter, 28.
Mashiur Rahaman, Lalbagh Zone DB Deputy Commissioner (DC) said while briefing reporters, the Wari Zone police arrested them from the capital's Kadamtali Donia area with the equipment for manufacturing fake notes along with a large amount of fake money were recovered.
According to DB, two of the female arrestees were jailed previously for their involvement in supplying fake money to the market before the Eid-ul Fitr.
He further said two of the female arrestees were jailed previously for their involvement in supplying fake money to the market before the Eid-ul Fitr.
Based on information from them, another woman was arrested from the Bashundhara residential area. Later, she started the same business again after getting bail from court.
She recently contacted Jakir for trading fake money ahead of Eid-ul-Adha. Jakir was arrested on that basis, said the DB official.
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