The details were disclosed by Md. Mehedi Imran Siddiqui, Additional Superintendent of Police and Intelligence & Media Officer for SRB-3, on Sunday, November 8, 2026. According to SRB-3, the investigation originated from a general diary and family complaint filed at Kaliakair Police Station in Gazipur, where a young man named Hridoy Ansari (25) was allegedly reported abducted en route to Mogbazar. Extortionists demanded a BDT 50,000 ransom, prompting the family to transfer BDT 40,000 via bKash and Nagad. When Hridoy remained untraced, the family sought elite law enforcement help.

Tracing digital financial trails, SRB-3 detained an accomplice near Jatrabari on October 28, eventually leading to Faisal and Al-Amin. During interrogations, the suspects confessed that they monitored Facebook missing person posts to acquire family phone numbers. Accomplice Al-Amin specialized in mimicking the voices of missing individuals and faking physical torture sounds over phone calls to emotionally manipulate families into paying ransoms. SRB-3 has urged citizens to immediately file general diaries for lost mobile SIM cards to prevent fraudsters from opening fraudulent MFS accounts.