Actor Ananta Jalil summoned in fraud case
A court today (30 December) summoned six people, including actor, producer, and industrialist Ananta Jalil, in a case lodged over forgery.
The court of Dhaka Additional Metropolitan Magistrate Md Sanaullah passed the order, asking the six to appear before the court on February 23.
The court came up with the order, allowing a report filed by the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) in the case.
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The five other accused, who have been asked to appear before the court, are Jahanara Begum, Md Sharif Hossain, Sakibul Islam, Md Milon, and Shahidul Islam.
A businessman named Shafil Nawaj Chowdhury filed the case with Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Court on December 24, 2023. The court, after recording the statement of the complainant, asked PBI to probe the allegations and submit a report in this regard. Following the court's order, PBI submitted its report on November 23.
According to the case documents, Polo Composite, owned by Ananta Jalil, made an order for some garment goods to Chowdhury on October 17, 2022.
Shafil Nawaj Chowdhury started producing the garment products, but he was never paid by Polo Composite. The company finally, on March 15, 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 USD 29,200, he is yet to receive payment from the company represented by the accused.
