Dinajpur Kotwali police arrested a fake female magistrate along with her assistant on the charge of taking Tk 8 lakh from a number of people on the promise of giving jobs in government offices.
The arrested fake magistrate is Ishrat Jahan alias Anika Tasneem Sarkar, daughter of Shahjahan Ali Sarkar Putu, of Katabari Maholla of Phulbari upazila of the district, while her assistant Shahadat Hossain, son of Tariqul Islam, of Ghughudanga village of Sadar upazila.
A special team of the Dinajpur kotwali police detained the fake female magistrate Anika Tasneem Sarkar and her assistant Shahadat Hossain on Wednesday evening with the help of victim Al Amin.
Dinajpur Sadar court police inspector AKM Liaquat Ali said the matter to the journalists Thursday evening.
He said that the arrested fake magistrate made a confessional statement before the judge of the Dinajpur Sadar Senior Judicial Magistrate Court admitting her guilt.
After recording the statement judge Lyman Roy ordered them to be sent to the Dinajpur District Jail on Thursday evening.
