Embezzling Tk 31crore: Arrest warrant issued against mayor candidate in Bogura

A Bogura court has issued an arrest warrant against Abdul Mannan Akand, an independent mayor candidate of the Bogura municipality election.

Emran Hossain Chowdhury, judge of Special Judge's Court, passed the order yesterday in a case filed against Mannan for embezzling Tk 31 crore of Social Islami Bank, said Public Prosecutor Abul Kalam Azad.

The court was schedule to frame charges in the case today but Mannan, president of Bogura district truck owners' association and former organising secretary of the Bogura municipality unit AL, was not present in court and his lawyer filed a time petition, he said.

Rejecting the time petition, the court issued the arrest warrant against Mannan, the public prosecutor said.

The case was filed in 2011 against Mannan and eight other people including some bank officials for embezzling Tk 31 crore of Social Islami Bank's branch in the district. 

Mannan is contesting the municipality election, scheduled be held on February 28, as an independent mayor candidate defying the party's decision.