BSS-22 Bismillah Group MD, nine others jailed for money laundering

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CONVICTION-GRAFT-BISMILLAH GROUP

Bismillah Group MD, nine others jailed for money laundering

DHAKA, Sept 10, 2018 (BSS) – A Dhaka court today convicted and sentenced
nine years imprisonment each to nine officials including the managing
director (MD) Khwaja Soleman Anwar Chowdhury of Bismillah Group in a money
laundering case.

Judge Md Atabullah of Dhaka 10th Special Judges Court passed the order
and also fined the convicts more than Taka 30 crore and asked them to deposit
the sum to state exchequer within 60 days.

The other convicts are group chairman Nawrin Hasib, directors Safikul
Anwar Chowdhury, Sarwar Jahan, Abida Hasib, Nahid Anwar Khan and Khandaker Md
Moinuddin Ishaq, deputy managing director Akbar Aziz Mutakki, general manager
Mohammad Abul Hossain Chowdhury and manager Riajuddin Ahammed.

The court passed the judgement in absentia as the convicts are yet to be
arrested.

“It is the first judgement against the Bismiallah Group officials, who
are wanted in more than a dozen of cases. Anti-Corruption Commission filed
the cases with different police stations across the capital,” ACC counsel
Mosharraf Hossain Kazal said.

ACC filed this case in 2013 with New Market police station for
laundering Taka 15.33 crore. The court came up with the judgement after
examining 24 witnesses.

BSS/DA-MHR/RY/1745 hrs