A Dhaka court yesterday sent Crescent Leather Products and Crescent Tanneries Chairman MA Kader to jail, after he was arrested in connection with the laundering of a total of Tk919 crore in foreign currencies.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Jasim issued the order after Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) official Md Anower Hossain, investigation officer of the case, produced Kader before the court with a plea to send him to jail.
In his forwarding report, the investigation officer said that the accused should be confined in jail until the investigation is completed.
The IO also told the court a remand petition against the accused would be submitted soon.
Defence lawyer Abul Kalam Azad submitted a bail petition for the accused, but it was rejected by the court.
Earlier on Wednesday, the CIID arrested MA Kader from Dhaka’s Kakrail area. He was wanted in connection with three cases filed by the CIID under the Money Laundering Prevention Act, 2012 with Chawkbazar Police Station.
A total 16 others accused in the cases include Crescent Leather and Crescent Tanneries Managing Director Sultana Begum, Rimex Footwear Chairman Abdul Aziz, its managing director Litul Jahan Mira, and 13 current and former officials of Janata Bank.
The 13 bank officials include Md Fakhrul Alam, who was general manager of Janata Bank during the time of the scam and is now deputy managing director of Bangladesh Krishi Bank, Md Zakir Hossain, who was also a general manager of Janata at that time and is now deputy managing director of Sonali Bank, General Manager of Janata Bank Rezaul Karim, Deputy General Managers Kazi Rois Uddin Ahmed, AKM Asaduzzaman and Md Iqbal, currently suspended Assistant General Manager Ataur Rahman Sarkar, suspended Senior Principal Officers Khairul Amin and Mogreb Ali, suspended Principal Officer Muhammad Ruhul Amin, and suspended Senior Officers Saiduzzman, Abdullah Al Mamun, and Md Moniruzzman.