4 held for embezzling Tk 2.57cr from DBBL

Detectives on Tuesday night arrested four people in connection with embezzling Tk 2.57 crore by changing the electronic journal of Dutch-Bangla Bank’s ATM.

However, the ringleader of the racket , Mir Md Shaharuzzaman Rony, a senior officer at DBBL’s Alternative Delivery Channels Division, still remains at large with detectives suspecting that he may have fled the country.

The arrestees are, Rony’s wife Saima Akhter, Al-Amin Babu, Mehedi Hasan Mamun and Asaduzzaman Asad.

AKM Hafiz Akhtar, additional commissioner (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, revealed the information to the press on Wednesday .

“The social media crime investigation team arrested them from different areas of Dhaka and Narayanganj on Tuesday following a series of raids,” he said.

“Rony changed the electronic journal of the ATM — making 1,363 transactions through 637 accounts and embezzled Tk 2.57 crore,” he added.

Rony may have fled the country, the detective suspected.