The BNP has alleged that the bigwigs are involved with the Bangladesh Bank reserve heist incident and an evil attempt was going on to conceal the incident.
Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, joint secretary general of the party, made the allegation in a press briefing at party’s Nayapaltan headquarters on Monday.
He also claimed that the Bangladesh Bank reserve heist occurred as the government did not punish anyone for looting money from various banks.
"As the government did not take any tough stance on Basic Bank, Hallmark, Bismillah Group, state run banks and capital market scams, central bank became victim of it,” Rizvi said.
The BNP leader demanded punishment of the culprits involved with the fund hacking. He also demanded early recovery of the hacked money.
“Bangladesh will not get rid of such incidents just only through resignation of finance minister and governor but also the prime minister has to resign. Then the country, its people and democracy will be freed,” he said.
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Around $101m was taken away by hackers from of Bangladesh Bank's overseas account with a US bank.
On February 4, $81m from the account of Bangladesh Bank at the New York Fed was ordered to be transferred to the four RCBC accounts – $30m was transferred to Lagrosas, $19.99m to Vergara, $25m to Vasquez and $6m to Cruz.
The funds were credited to the accounts via straight-through process after the transactions passed internal validation criteria. The funds were cleared through US-based correspondent banks Citibank, The Bank of New York Mellon and Wells Fargo.