Tarique's ex-APS Apu on remand over recovery of Tk 80m
Saturday, 12 January 2019
A court here on Thursday placed Mia Nuruddin Ahmed Apu, former assistant personal secretary to BNP acting Chairman Tarique Rahman, also BNP candidate for Shariatpur-3 constituency in December-30 election, on a five-day remand in a case filed over the recovery of Tk 80 million (8 crore) from Motijheel, reports UNB.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Sarafuzzaman Ansari passed the order after Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Inspector Ashraful Islam produced Apu before court seeking a 10-day remand.
Earlier on January 4, Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members arrested Mia Nuruddin Apu from the city's United Hospital over the money recovery before the national election.
The money was meant for distributing among voters to influence the national election, Rab had claimed.
During the recovery, RAB Director General Benazir Ahmed had said Tk 150 crore was distributed across the country in the last two months.
Of the amount, Apu was given around Tk 3.6 crore, he had said.
The RAB-2 filed a case with Motijheel Police Station over the money recovery.