Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has said that IT expert Tanvir Hasan Zoha might have been arrested for the sake of investigation over the Bangladesh Bank fund heist.
The minister made the statement after attending a programme at Krishibid Institute in the capital's Farmgate on Thursday afternoon.
In response to a query about Zoha, Kamal said: "Law enforcers might have arrested Zoha for the sake of investigation. But I am not sure about it."
Replying to another query about Zoha's family's allegation that no police station is taking a general diary after the IT expert went missing, the minister said he had no idea about the matter.
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Tanvir Hasan Zoha, who was reportedly involved in the investigation of the Bangladesh Bank fund heist, has been missing since Wednesday.
His wife Kamrun Nahar Chowdhury claimed that he was abducted from Kachukhet area around 1am Wednesday.
On February 4, hackers stole more than $101 million from Bangladesh Bank’s account with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and wired it to a number of bank accounts in the Philippines and Sri Lanka.
On February 29, Philippines daily the Inquirer broke the story of a possible $100m digital bank robbery of the BB fund.
After the incident came to light, Zoha talked to the media, giving expert opinion.
The media reports identified Zoha as the ICT Division’s cyber security specialist or cyber security wing director (operations).
But the ICT Division denied any link with Zoha.
In a statement, the ICT Division said it had not formed any committee to probe the fund heist.