WorldTel's Nayeem, Nikita sent to jail

A Dhaka court yesterday sent Mohammad Nayeem Mehtab Chowdhury, self-declared managing director of WorldTel Bangladesh Limited (WTBL), to jail on expiry of his remand in a money swindling case.
Meantime, Nikita alias Zannatul Ferdousi, her father Abdur Noor, mother Saleha Khatun and brother Mohammad Moinuddin were sent to jail in connection with a case filed for possessing Yaba pills.
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Golam Rabbani sent Nayeem to jail after Motijheel police produced him before the court on completion of his five-day remand.
In his forwarding report, Investigation Officer (IO) of the case Sub-inspector Abdul Alam of Rab-1 mentioned that the information derived from Nayeem is being verified and he needs to be kept in jail until the investigation of the case completes.
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested Nayeem at his Gulshan house on November 5 on charges of swindling Tk 46 crore out of two banks and selling fake shares worth Tk 35.55 crore in the name of British Virgin Island World Communication Investment Inc.
Earlier on June 11, WorldTel Bangladesh Holdings (WTBH) Managing Director Amzad H Khan filed a case against Nayeem with Motijheel Police Station.
In the forwarding report on November 6, the IO mentioned that Nayeem in connivance with his accomplices--named in the case as Mirza Babar Beg and Margub Omar--embezzled Tk 81 crore through fraudulence.
Of the amount, he took out loans of Tk 15 crore and Tk 31 crore from Motijheel branches of Sonali Bank and National Bank of Pakistan, forging signature of Sam Pitroda, chairman of WorldTel Holdings Ltd (WTHL). In addition to that, he also sold the Tk 35.55-crore fake shares.
Rab-3 Commanding Officer Sultan Mohammad Noorani at a press briefing on November 5 said Nayeem and his two aides in collusion with the then state minister for home Lutfozzaman Babar had obtained 355,000 illegal shares registered by the registrar of Joint Stock Exchange.
NIKITA CASE
Metropolitan Magistrate Habibur Rahman Siddiqui yesterday sent Nikita, her parents and brother to jail after they were produced before the court on completion of their three-day remand.
On November 4, Rab arrested suspected Yaba dealer Nikita along with Mahbubur Rahman Joynal, managing director of Hotel Purbani, on the CMM's Court premises.
Rab raided the apartment of Nikita the following day and seized 34 Yaba tablets from there. They also arrested Nikita's parents and brother during the raid.
A case was filed with Ramna Police Station the same day under Narcotics Prevention Act.
MOMIN MURDER
The same court placed Habibur Rahman Taj, a listed criminals who was earlier brought from India, on a three-day remand in connection with the killing of Dhaka Commerce College student Kamrul Islam Momin in September 2005.
Detective Branch (DB) of Police Inspector Shamsul Islam, who is also the IO of the case, produced Taj before the court seeking a 10-day remand to interrogate him.
In the forwarding report, the IO mentioned that Taj and two others--Mintu and Shamsuddin Howladar--are the masterminds of the killing. So, he needs to be quizzed to find out whereabouts of his accomplices, the IO added.
Suspended officer-in-charge (IO) of Motijheel Police Station Rafiqul Islam, the prime accused in the case, was sent to jail on October 16, 2005 after he surrendered to a Dhaka court and sought bail.