Misappropriating Tk 300 crore from BASIC bank: HC refuses to allow businessman Gazi Belayet to leave country
The High Court today refused to allow Gazi Belayet Hossain, a businessman having dual citizenship, to leave the country as an inquiry into the allegation against him of his involvement in misappropriating Tk 300 core from BASIC Bank is going on.
Earlier on April 18, 2019, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) issued a letter to the immigration department requesting it (immigration) to restrain Gazi Belayet Hossain, who runs business in Bangladesh and Canada, from going abroad.
Today, the HC dropped from its cause list a writ petition filed by Gazi Belayet challenging the ACC's notice and seeking its permission to go to Canada.
The HC bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman came up with the order after holding hearing on the writ petition.
Lawyers Md Ruhul Quddus Kazal and Md Ashrafuzzaan appeared for Gazi Belayet while lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan represented the ACC.
Khurshid Alam Khan told The Daily Star that Gazi Belayet Hossain is the owner of several international cargo ships, a director of Islami Insurance Bangladesh Limited and former director of Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry and he runs businesses in both of Bangladesh and Canada.
There is an allegation against him of being involved in misappropriating Tk 300 core from BASIC Bank by submitting fake documents.
A total of 61 cases have been filed for misappropriating the money and inquiry is now going on into the allegation, he said, adding that if Gazi Belayet is allowed to go to Canada, he might not return to Bangladesh like that of PK Halder.
Belayet's lawyer Ruhul Quddus Kazal told this correspondent that his client will submit a supplementary petition to the HC showing that he has paid all the due money to BASIC Bank.
Belayet runs a business in Canada where his family lives, he added.
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