21 former officials of AB Bank granted bail in money laundering cases
Star Online Report
Star Online Report
A Dhaka court today granted ad-interim bail to 21 former officials of AB Bank Ltd in three cases filed over laundering Tk 236 crore through offshore banking to UAE, USA and Singapore.
Judge KM Emrul Kayesh of the Senior Special Judge s Court of Dhaka passed the order after the accused along with their lawyers surrendered before it seeking bail in the cases.
During today s hearing, defence told the court their clients were implicated in the cases as part of a conspiracy to harass them. So, they should be granted bail, said the defence.
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Twenty-one officials, including the former chairman of AB Bank Ltd, surrendered before a Dhaka court today seeking bail in three cases filed over laundering Tk 236 crore through offshore banking to Dubai, USA and Singapore.
The accused are: former AB Bank Ltd chairman M Wahidul Haque, former managing director (MD) Shamim Ahmed Chowdhury, former deputy managing director (DMD) Sajjad Hossain, Operations Manager of Khatunganj Branch M Lokman Hossain, former senior vice-president (SVP) of Chittagong EPZ Branch M Shahjahan, former principal officer M Arif Newaz, former AVP Panet Chakraborty, former SVP M Salahuddin, VP Md Shahjahan, EVP M Aminur Rahman, former EVP Sharfuddin Ahmed, business division s AVP Kazi Ashiqur Rahman, former EVP Kazi Nasim Ahmed, former SEVP Abu Hena Mostofa Kamal, former SEVP and member credit committee S