A Dhaka court yesterday, again asked the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to submit its probe report on April 17, for a case filed over the $101 million heist from the central bank’s account with the US Federal Reserve Bank.
Metropolitan Magistrate, Md Sharafuzzaman Ansari, passed the order after the investigation officer, CID’s Additional Police Super, Muhammad Raihanul Islam, failed to submit the report before the court yesterday, which was the scheduled day for submission.
On March 22, 2016, the then metropolitan magistrate, Md Mahbubur Rahman, allowed the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to conduct forensic tests on three computer hard disks of Bangladesh Bank.
The three hard disks were seized from the bank after the reserve heist incident.
On March 15, the central bank’s joint director, M Jubayer Bin Huda, lodged a case with Motijheel police station against unidentified people.
The case was filed under the Money Laundering Act, Information and Communication Technology Act, and the Bangladesh Penal Code.