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SILCHAR: Sribhumi Police today morning brought trading scam mastermind siblings Md Shakir and Md Jabir to Badarpur after arresting them in West Bengal in collaboration with the CBI. The scamster siblings of Badarpur, accused of duping people of at least Rs 100 crore, were arrested at Mukundapur under Purva Jadavpur Police Station in Kolkata on March 25.
Sources said that Shakir was the mastermind of the online trading scam he used to run from Badarpur along with his brother Jabir. They had allegedly duped thousands of investors by promising hefty returns. Subsequently, they disappeared after minting crores of rupees. A lookout notice was issued against them on September 10 last year. The CBI too lodged a case against Shakir. Yesterday, the Sribhumi Police issued a statement confirming the arrest of the scamsters and finally brought them to Badarpur today morning. They were now reportedly being interrogated to trace out the defrauded money as well as to identify any additional associate linked to the scam.
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