11 held for Tk 80cr FDR forgery at Brac Bank

Police arrested 11 people for allegedly trying to withdraw Tk 80 crore through forgery from the Gulshan branch of Brac Bank in Dhaka this afternoon. “They submitted fake documents to the bank to receive the money,” said Nurul Alam, an assistant commissioner (Gulshan zone) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police. Informed by a bank staff, a team of Gulshan police rushed in and picked up the persons, police said. Contacted, an official of the private bank told The Daily Star that the gang submitted fake documents of Fixed Deposit Return (FDR), belong to one Saiful Islam. The arrestees have been taken to Gulshan Police Station.