Nine people have been arrested for allegedly extorting money from passport applicants by posing as officers of the Special Branch of police.

SB carries out police verification of passport seekers.

The arrestees with the help of some staffers of passport offices used to collect the details of the applicants and posing as SB officers used to demand money to get their police verification done.

Upon receiving allegations, a team of detectives arrested them from different areas in the capital, said Harun-Or-Rashid, chief of the Detective Branch of DMP, at a press conference yesterday.

The arrestees are: Kazi Mohammad Belal Hossain, Jasim Uddin, Al Amin Gazi, Hasan Ahmed, Sohag Alam, Hossain Mollah, Nuruzzaman Mia, Mamunur Rahman and Rasel Islam.