7 members of illegal lending business gang remanded

A court placed seven people of an online-based illegal lending business gang on a two-day remand in a case lodged under Digital Security Act (DSA) on Friday.

The accused are Chinese citizens Hi Ming Shee and Yang Siki, Majumder Fazle Gofran, Ahsan Kamal, Himel-or-Rashid, Nazmus Sakib and Jerin Tasnim Binte Islam.

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Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Devbrata Biswas passed the order as police produced the accused before the court and pleaded to place them on a 10-day remand each in the case. 

The court also sent another five members of the same gang to jail.

These five accused are Emanuel Edward Gomez, Arifuzzaman, Shahinur Alam, Shuvo Gomez and Akram Ali.