Dhaka, May 17 -- Cyber Police Center (CPC) of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has arrested eight members including the alleged mastermind of an organised gang accused of operating online gambling sites and laundering crores of taka abroad.

The arrestees are Md Ashraf Uddin Ahmed, 32, Sajeeb Chakraborty, 29, Md Ashraful Islam, 40, Md Jasim Uddin, 36, Taiyeb Khan, 26, Soumik Saha, 28, Md Kamruzzaman, 36, and Abdur Rahman, 47.

CID Special Police Superintendent (Media and Public Relations) Jasim Uddin Khan said the group had been operating several international and local online gambling platforms for a long time.

Gamblers used mobile financial services such as bKash, Rocket and Nagad, along with bank accounts and cryptocurrency...