A Dhaka court has sent Major (retd) Abdul Mannan, former chairman of Bangladesh Industrial Finance Company Limited (BIFC), and five others to jail in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
Five other accused are ANM Jahangir Alam, Enamur Rahman, Syed Fakre Faysal, AKM Mohiuddin Ahmed and Rois Uddin Ahmed. They all are former directors of the company.
Judge of Metropolitan Senior Special Judge's Court in Dhaka Ash-Shams Jaglul Hossain on Thursday passed the order after Mannan, also former secretary general of Bikalpadhara Bangladesh, and others surrendered before it and sought bail.
The judge, however, granted bail to BIFC former Managing Director Md Mahmud Malik and its director Rokeya Sultana after they surrendered before it in the same case.
Lawyer Shahinur Islalm appeared in the court hearing on behalf of Abdul Mannan while lawyers Mosharraf Hossain Kazal represented the ACC.
On December 18, 2022, ACC Deputy Director Abdul Majed filed the case with its integrated district office in Dhaka-1 against 12 people, including Major Adbul Mannan, on charge of embezzling Tk80 million from the BIFC.
According to sources, the BIFC chairman, directors and officials in collusion with each other distributed Tk80 million as a loan to Aminur Rahman, the owner of Telecom Service Enterprise, without a security deposit and mortgage. Later, they transferred the money to different bank accounts.
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