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Published : 14 May 2026, 06:38 PM
A Dhaka court has granted police two days to interrogate eight individuals, including six Chinese nationals, in custody over their alleged involvement in online gambling, cyber fraud, and laundering millions to China.
Metropolitan Magistrate Aminul Islam Junaid passed the order on Thursday.
The court also directed investigators to interrogate another suspect, Rokon Uddin, at the jail gate after his lawyer argued that he has a speech impairment.
The Chinese suspects are aged between 24 and 43.
Their Bangladeshi associates in remand are Md Kawsar Hossain, 24, and Md Abdul Karim, 28.
The Detective Branch (DB) arrested the nine suspects during raids in Dhaka’s Uttara and Turag on Wednesday.
Sub-Inspector Subrata Das of the DB Cyber Team subsequently filed a case at Ramna Model Police Station.
At a press briefing on Thursday, Additional Commissioner of DB Shafiqul Islam said the syndicate used Facebook, YouTube, and Telegram to lure people with advertisements for online gambling and "deposit bonuses".
The victims were promised double or triple returns on their investments in a short time.
“These gangs find it 'easy' to entice Bangladeshis,” the DB chief said.
“They use mobile financial services (MFS) like bKash and Nagad to collect money from citizens and immediately launder the funds abroad.”
During the raids, detectives seized high-tech equipment allegedly used for illegal digital transactions and communications.
The items recovered included one 256-port GSM gateway device and three 64-port GSM gateway (VOIP) devices, around 280 SIM cards from different mobile operators, as well as multiple laptops and smartphones.
In court, the investigating officer SI Md Rashedul Islam had initially sought a five-day remand for the suspects.
