Four held with fake freedom fighter cards

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-13 arrested four members of an organised gang of presumed cheats from the Modern Intersection area in Rangpur city and Dimla upazila of Nilphamari on Thursday night.

“An operational team of the Crime Prevention Specialised Company (CPSC) of RAB-13 conducted raids and arrested them from different places,” a press release issued on Friday by Assistant Director (Media) of RAB-13 Flight Lieutenant Mahmud Bashir Ahmed said.

The arrested persons are Md Shafiar Rahman, 52, of Nilphamari, Md Ibrahim Mian, 51, Md Sadek Ali, 51, and Md Joynal Abedin, 62, of Rangpur districts.

Earlier, the elite force investigated an allegation and found that some cheats realised money from people promising them to provide freedom fighters’ cards to enable them in getting freedom fighters’ allowance.