Rapid Action Battalion arrested six persons of a fraud group from Siddhirganj area of the district yesterday as
they were involved in creating illegal passports and Bangladeshi identity cards for Rohingyas.
RAB-2 Company Commander Mohiuddin Faruk confirmed the matter to BSS.
Being informed, a team of RAB-2 raided several computer shops near the regional passport office at Siddhirganj on Wednesday evening and arrested them, Faruk said.
More than 25,000 illegal citizen IDs and birth registration forms containing photographs of Rohingya people of different ages were found in four shops during the time, he added.
According to the RAB sources, a group of IT experts helped the arrestees make these illegal passports for Rohingyas.
RAB has started investigation in this regard.