Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Thursday held seven persons on charges of taking money from jobseekers who were reportedly assured of being appointed in apparel companies by the detainees.

The detainees are Nahid Shams, Zobayer Ahmed, Mojibur Rahman, Wahid Rahman, Raisa, Monisha, and Anisa.

A team of RAB 3 held the seven from Bijoynagar in Dhaka and recovered 14 victims from an office at fifth floor of 70/G, Bijoynagar, just beside the Scout Bhaban.

‘They rented this office on 1 July 2014 and have been doing the fraudulency since then. This syndicate frequently shifts their offices. They collect money of varied amount from people, and later flee,’ said RAB 3 deputy director Major Mohiuddin.

Upon information, the RAB team conducted a drive at the office in the morning and seized huge fake documents including many appointment letters and contract related documents.

They used to offer jobs to different posts varying from assistant merchandiser, audit officer, quality manager, quality controller, supervisor and receptionist, according to the documents recovered from the office.

These people take money from the jobseekers in the name of appointing them in different companies, mostly in apparel companies and buying houses, said major Mohiuddin.

‘I have already paid Tk 5,000 for a training session required to get the job as an assistant merchandiser in United Fashion Group. I was asked to collect the appointment letter today, but found RAB officials here,’ said Sayeem Uddin, a victim present there.

Sayeem said he had responded to a job advertisement earlier and come to the office. Later he was offered the position with an initial salary of Tk 12,500 per month. He also provided the money to the frauds after they confirmed his recruitment.