A Dhaka court on Wednesday placed two Nigerian nationals on a two-day remand each in a case filed for allegedly defrauding unsuspecting individuals and extorting money from them through forgery.
The accused are Simido George, 45, and Luis Ekenna Efejuer, 37.
Dhaka metropolitan magistrate Shahidul Islam passed the order after the police produced them before the court and sought a five-day remand for each of them in the case.
The police arrested the two accused in the Tongi area in Gazipr on November 2.
According to law enforcement sources, the accused used to contact their victims by impersonating officials of foreign charitable organisations through WhatsApp, using international numbers.
They pretended to offer large donations from a non-existent charitable organisation and extorted money from the victims as so-called service charges. Recently, they contacted Mohsin Gazi and promised to donate $14.6 million for constructing an orphanage.
In the process, they received a large amount of money from Gazi. When the victim realised that he was being defrauded, he filed the case with Paltan police station, said the police source.