The Appellate Division on Tuesday ordered Islam Trading International’s owner Shafiul Islam Palash to surrender before a chief metropolitan magistrate court within two weeks in connection with a money laundering case.
Bail granted by the High Court to Palash was stayed by the court for two months.
Considering a plea by the government, chamber judge of the apex court Justice Hasan Foez Siddique passed the order and ordered law enforcers to arrest Palash if he does not surrender within two weeks.
Attorney General (AG) Mahbubey Alam contended for the government and Advocate Khurshid Alam Khan represented the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
The anti-graft body’s counsel told the Dhaka Tribune that last year a case was registered by the ACC with Kalabagan police station against Destiny Group’s Rafiqul Amin for alleged involvement in money laundering.
The AG said that investigations revealed Palash had helped Amin. The case is still being investigated, he said.