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BSS-33
REPORT-SHAHED-EMBEZZLEMENT
Report in graft case against Shahed, 3 others on April 21
DHAKA, Feb 16, 2021 (BSS) – A Dhaka court today set April 21 for
submitting probe report in a case lodged over alleged embezzlement of Taka
2.71 crore from Padma Bank (then The Farmer’s Bank) against Regent Group
Chairman Md Shahed alias Shahed Karim and three others.
Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court KM Imrul Qayesh passed the order
as the investigation agency Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) failed to submit
the report today.
The anti-graft body on July 27, 2020, filed the case against four
including Shahed and three others.
The other accused are former Chairman of Padma Bank audit committee
Mahbubul Haque Chishti, Managing Director of Bakshiganj Jute Spinners Limited
Rashedul Haque Chishti and Regent Hospital Managing Director Md Ibrahim
Khalil.
According to the case documents, the accused through a mutual nexus and
misusing their authorities grant, convert and finally embezzled Taka one
crore as loan from Padma Bank’s Gulshan Branch from January 11 to 21, 2015
which have become Taka 2.71 crore with interests till July 15, 2020.
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