Proshika chief, son charged with money laundering
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday pressed charges against Proshika chief Kazi Faruque Ahmed and his son Kazi Rubayat Ahmed, chief executive officer of Computer Systems Trust of Proshika, in a Tk 1.03-crore money laundering case.
ACC Assistant Director Jahangir Alamgir, the investigation officer (IO) of the case, submitted the charge sheet before the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court, Dhaka showing 23 people as prosecution witnesses.
Jahangir said the two accused misappropriated Tk 1,03,67,624 from Computer Systems Trust.
The IO, however, appealed to the court to discharge Motiur Rahman--a member of the trust--from the case as accusations brought against him could not be proved.
On June 22 this year, ACC Deputy Director Syed Iqbal Hossain filed the case against Faruque, Rubayat and Motiur with Pallabi Police Station in the city in connection with taking the money in cash and bank cheques between March 23, 2007 and December 28 last year.
Earlier, the High Court, granting anticipatory bail to Faruque and his son, directed law enforcement agencies not to arrest or harass them in this connection for six months from September 14.
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