Two Bangladeshi refugees, who wanted to reach the Gulf, were arrested on Thursday for having fake passports, a senior police officer said.

Mohammad Ilyas and Mohammad Idris, both in their 30s, were arrested here by the Special Cell and fake passports seized from them, the officer said.

"They are very poor and wanted to go and work in Gulf countries for getting more money. For this task, they somehow made fake passports," the officer added.