Model and actress Romana Islam Swarna. COURTESY
Police have arrested model and actress Romana Islam Swarna (40) on charges of embezzling money from a Saudi expatriate through new scams. She was arrested on Thursday evening in the Lalmatia area of the capital's Mohammadpur.
The matter has been confirmed by Mrityunjay De Sajal, Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC), Mohammadpur Zone, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), Tejgaon Division. Police say Romana Swarna is not alone, they are a fraudulent ring. Collectively this cycle has been cheating. Victim Kamrul Hasan Jewel has told the media and police that he has been cheated of more than Rs 2 crore.
Kamrul Hasan Jewel said, “I got acquainted with Romana
through my cousin. At one stage of the introduction, she added me on Facebook. She
expresses helplessness. She says, 'I am helpless with my mother. I have a son,
I can't study, could not working in media. You can do is buy an Uber for me
that I can use to generate my income.' I bought Uber for 16 lakh taka. I have
taken a total of two crore taka.
However, police said that actress Romana Swarna has been
working for a fraudulent ring for a long time. First the love affair, then the
money is made by showing fear of harassment.
Harun Aur Rashid, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Tejgaon
Zone, Dhaka Metropolitan Police, said, After the victim Jewel came from abroad,
the model, actress went to Romana's house. cheater took naked pictures at that
time to deceive him more. Then they told Jewel that if you don't pay more then we
will leave this picture on Facebook and internet. Fearing that, the victim gave
some more money. The Tejgaon zone police chief further said that many
expatriates like Kamrul Hasan Jewel are losing money by falling into the trap
of love.
The other accused in the case are Ashrafi Islam Sheili (60), Nahid Hasan Remi (38), Annafi (20), Farha Ahmed (30) and an unidentified youth (38).
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