Ghaziabad (UP): Five Bangladeshi nationals, including a woman, were arrested from Kaushambi on Thursday on charges of cheating people by luring them with US dollars at half its value, police said.

He said that dollars, five fake bundles of US dollars, five Aadhar cards, three PAN cards, one SIM card and 15 mobile phones were recovered from the five arrested people.

Sabir, Abdul Rahim, Aman, Naveen Sheikh and Rukhsana (32), residents of Dhaka, Bangladesh, were detained on suspicion during checking in which some bundles of dollars were recovered from their possession, police said. .

Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Trans Hindon, Nimish Patil said they were making packets of blank papers and placing dollars in the upper and lower parts of these bundles.

He said that the gang was cheating innocent people by luring them into giving half the dollar value of the money.

Police said that the gang used to change the place of crime after cheating people.

DCP said that he is currently living in a rented room in Bhoapur village of Kaushambi police station area. Earlier, they were living in Secunderabad city of Bulandshahr district, he said.

Police said the gang has duped more than 100 innocent people in different cities.

The DCP said, a police team is checking the validity of their documents on the basis of which they are staying in India.