A fraudulent gang was cheating people in the name of giving them jobs at reputed media organizations. In this way, they have snatched two and a half crore taka from about one thousand unemployed youths. However, RAB has arrested two members of this gang.

They were arrested in a raid in the capital's Magbazar and Purana Paltan from Tuesday afternoon to evening.

The arrested are Mohammad Shahidul Islam, owner of News 21 TV and AB Channel and Amena Khatun, owner of Weekly Time Crime Cycle.

A large number of fake appointment letters and fake seals have been seized from those two offices. Later, the two offices were sealed by the mobile court of RAB.

The court is headed by RAB-3 Executive Magistrate Palash Kumar Bose.

Executive Magistrate Palash Kumar Basu said the ring had embezzled around Tk 2.5 crore in the name of giving jobs in health department, technical and communication technology department, Mugda General Hospital, BIWTA and Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics on unlicensed TV channels and newspaper signboards.