Dhaka: Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have arrested 11 people from different areas of the city for their alleged involvement in ATM card forgery.

The arrestees are Md Jalal Hossain Sumon, 27, Md Shah Aziz Sohel, 36, Md Nur-e-Alam, 45, Md Rana, 24, Md Jahirul Islam, 37, Md Lutfar Rahman Sujan, 42, Md Parvez, 23, Md Wahid, 20, Md Abdul Alim, 40, Md Jahangir Hossain, 45, and Md Kamruzzaman Sumon, 30..

Tipped off, a team of Rab-10 conducted separate drives in different areas of the city from 2pm on Tuesday to 11am on Wednesday and arrested the 11 members of an ATM card forgery gang, said sources at the Rab headquarters.

Sources at the Rab-10 battalion headquarters said Sohel is an IT expert of the debit and credit card forgery syndicate. He had been working in Dubai for a long time. He learnt the technique of ATM card forgery from Erin Limo, an American national, during his stay in Dubai.

During preliminary interrogation, he admitted that he had been involved in the card forgery for the last 10 years. When Sohel returned home, he communicated with Erin again and then got involved with the forgery syndicate, the sources said.

A section of dishonest traders helped the syndicate members use their swap machines in exchange for a 20-25 percent commission.

The elite force also arrested three traders with six swap machines for their involvement with the credit card forgery syndicate.