Tk568cr BTRC fund embezzlement: State seeks cancellation of bail for 12 accused
The case was filed on 18 September by BTRC Senior Assistant Director Tawfiqul Islam. It names 27 defendants, including Salman F Rahman.
The state has filed a revision petition seeking the cancellation of bail for 12 individuals in a case over the embezzlement of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) funds worth Tk568 crore.
The state submitted the revision petition today (10 November) to Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Sabbir Foyez, who set 13 November for the hearing.
Public Prosecutor Omar Faruk Faruki said that on 27 October, the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court in Dhaka had granted bail to 12 accused in the case. The state has now sought to cancel their bail.
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The 12 accused are Syed Moinul Haque of the IGW Operators Forum (IOF) executive committee, retired Brigadier General Md Abdul Hannan, Ashik Ahmed, Gazi Md Salahuddin, Hafizur Rahman, Khalid Islam, Md Mahtabul Amin, Sohel Sharif, Tajin Alam, Nadir Shah Qureshi, Mir Nasir Hossain, and CC Musfiq Manzur.
The case was filed on 18 September by BTRC Senior Assistant Director Tawfiqul Islam. It names 27 defendants, including Salman F Rahman.
According to the case statement, IOF executive members embezzled funds and violated licence and contract rules. They were involved in misappropriating the Market Development Fund meant for network development.
It also says that under Salman F Rahman's instructions, IGW operators had to deposit large sums monthly to his company Beximco Computers Limited, which has no licence to operate IGW. The actual use of the Market Development Fund was unknown even to the IGW operators themselves.
