Actor Ananta Jalil acquitted of fraud charges
Dhaka Additional Metropolitan Magistrate Md Sanaullah passed the order
A Dhaka court today acquitted six people, including actor, producer, and industrialist Ananta Jalil, of all the charges in a case lodged over forgery.
The other people acquitted by the court are - Jahanara Begum, Md Sharif Hossain, Sakibul Islam, Md Milon and Shahidul Islam.
Dhaka Additional Metropolitan Magistrate Md Sanaullah passed the order as plaintiff of the case said they have reached a compromise already and pleaded to withdraw his complaint.
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A businessman named Shafil Nawaj Chowdhury filed the case with Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Court on 24 December 2023. The court, after recording the statement of the complainant, asked PBI to probe allegations and submit a report in this regard.
Following the court's order, PBI submitted its report on 23 November 2024.
According to the case documents, Polo Composite, owned by Ananta Jalil, made an order for some garment goods to Chowdhury on 17 October 2022.
Shafil Nawaj Chowdhury started producing the garment products, but he was never paid by Polo Composite. The company finally, on 15 March 2023, opened an LC account with Mercantile Bank in the name of Shafil. When Shafil handed over all the orders to Polo Composite and tried to withdraw his dues from the bank, he couldn't do it due to problems with the LC documents.
The complainant said that in spite of preparing and delivering products worth $29,200, he is yet to receive payment from the company represented by the accused.
