Dhaka, Jan 27 (UNB) – Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members arrested five members of a passport forgery syndicate from different areas of the city on Thursday.The arrestees are Md Selim Miah, 50, Md Majid Bhutto, 50, Manik Das, 73, Md Humayun Kabir, 40, and Md Nazrul Islam Lablu, 62.Based on secret information, a special team of Rab-1 carried out a drive in Shanirakhra area around 10:15pm and arrested Selim along with fake visa and passport making materials.According to his statement, the elite force raided Fakirerpool and Shakhari Bazar areas and arrested the four gang members while another suspected syndicate member, Arif Hossain, managed to flee.During interrogation, the arrestees revealed that they had long been involved in making fake visa and passports copying original ones and they used to send other people abroad illegally.UNB
