A Dhaka court yesterday framed charges against an employee of Meghna Life Insurance Company Ltd in a credit card theft and fraudulence case.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Hasibul Haque framed the charges under section 379, 419 and 411 of the penal code, rejecting a discharge petition filed by defence counsel. The court also fixed March 11 for starting the trial in the case.
Present before the court, the accused, Jobaida Nasrin, pleaded not guilty and sought justice after the charges were read out to her.
The credit card belonged to Appellate Division Judge Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury.
According to the case statement, on June 27, the justice’s wife Sabera Ahamed Chowdhury went to the Banani branch of fast-food chain KFC with her child, where she paid the bill with an Eastern Bank credit card which was endorsed with her husband’s name.
But after some time, she received an SMS notification from the bank telling her someone was using the credit card to purchase products from shops in Banani and Gulshan. In total, Tk84,975 was spent; including Tk20,524 in Banani’s Pharmacy Plus store, Tk16,983 in Gulshan’s Astorian store, Tk25,500 in Posh and Silk, and Tk21,966 in Shoppers World.
Realising that the credit card was missing, Sabera filed a general diary with the Banani police station. The police investigated the issue and identified the accused using CCTV footage from the KFC.
The culprit, Jobaida, who currently lives in the capital’s Uttara and works as a representative in Meghna Insurance company’s Shantinagar branch, was arrested on September 20.
Jobaida was also put under a three-day remand, following which the stolen credit card was recovered along with the goods that were purchased using it.
On October 31, Banani police station Sub-Inspector Mahmudul Hasan, also investigation office of the case, pressed the charge sheet against the accused.
