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4 Jamaat men sued in Satkhira | |
2007-12-21 | |
![]() The complaints were lodged with Satkhira Deputy Commissioner (DC) Md Kefayetullah and Kalaroa police station, demanding their arrest and punishment. It has been alleged that each of the 55 pilgrims deposited between Tk 170,000 to 190,000 with Jebrik Travels in Dhaka for going on pilgrimage to Makkah as per directives of the frauds. But they could not go to Makkah, they alleged. Of the victims, Habibur Rahman, cousin Abdur Rouf, aunt Anowara Begum and mother Fatema Begum of Ghushuri village in Kaliganj upazila said to this correspondent that they had deposited Tk 9,50,000 with Satkhira Islami Bank through two Jamaat men. Other victims, Abu Taleb and Abdul Khaleque of Gunakarkati village and Amjad Hossain of Adalatpur village in Assassuni upazila and Abdur Rashid of Godara village in Kaliganj upazila also echoed in a similar manner. Victims, Abdullahel Baki and his wife Arefa Khatun of Kalaroa Sadar and Romjan Ali of Tulshidanga village and others alleged each of them deposited Tk 190,000 to Sheikh Maruf Hossain and Amirul Islam Belali for going to go on pilgrimage to Makkah. They alleged that the frauds took them to Dhaka on December 14 but they failed to send them to Makkah. Earlier, owner of Jebrik Travels fled the scene following lodging of complaints against them with the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Dhaka.
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