Sohel F Rahman, 4 others asked to appear in court by Aug 6
A Dhaka court yesterday asked Beximco Holdings Ltd Chairman Sohel F Rahman, its two directors and two former high-ups of IFIC Bank to appear before it by August 6 in a Tk 158.67 crore embezzlement case.
After receipt of the reports on arrest warrants against the five from police, Judge Mohammad Azizul Haque of the Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court passed the order.
The court also asked the authorities concerned to publish an advertisement in two national Bangla dailies asking the accused to appear before it on the scheduled date.
The other four accused are former manager of IFIC Bank's Motijheel branch Asab-ud-Doula, its former vice president Ziaul Bari and Beximco Holdings directors Iqbal Ahmed and MA Qashem.
Vice Chairman of Beximco Holdings Ltd Salman F Rahman, now in jail custody, is also a charge sheeted accused in the case.
On July 28, ACC Assistant Director Ashraful Alam, also investigation officer (IO) of the case, submitted a charge sheet against Sohel F Rahman, Salman F Rahman and four others to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court, Dhaka, showing 40 people as prosecution witnesses.
ACC Assistant Director Muhammad Mahbubul Alam filed the case with Motijheel Police Station on September 5 last year on charges of withdrawing over Tk 158.67 crore from IFIC Bank in the name of Beximco Group through deception and forgery.
The top brass of Beximco Group and the former IFIC officials were involved in the process of releasing the loan violating banking rules and misusing power.
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