Chattogram Police and bKash Hold Workshop on Preventing MFS Misuse

As part of a series of workshops aimed at making mobile financial services (MFS) more secure and preventing their misuse in criminal activities, a day-long session titled “Investigation and Prevention of Misuse of Mobile Financial Services” was held in Chattogram. The workshop, organized jointly by Chattogram District Police and bKash, took place at the Police Lines Drill Shed and was attended by 120 investigation officers from the district police. It highlighted how intelligence gathered about criminal groups can be effectively utilized to identify offenders and bring them under the law.

So far, more than 4,500 investigation officers from various law enforcement agencies across the country have participated in similar workshops regularly arranged by bKash.

The Chattogram workshop was inaugurated by Mohammad Ahsan Habib Palash, BPM-Seva, Deputy Inspector General of Chattogram Range (recently promoted to Additional Inspector General of Police). Also present were Chattogram District Superintendent of Police Saiful Islam Santu, BPM (Bar); bKash Advisor and former Additional Inspector General of Police Dr. Md. Najibur Rahman, NDC; and Major (Retd.) A K M Monirul Karim, EVP and Head of External Affairs at bKash, along with senior officials from Chattogram District Police and bKash.

The workshop covered techniques for tracing lost funds using technology, methods of preventing crimes such as abduction through digital transaction monitoring, and guidance on how investigation officers can efficiently liaise with bKash officials during investigations. It also addressed immediate measures that can be taken during the commission of a criminal incident.