Hotel Le Meridien owner Amin Ahmed denied bail, sent to jail in Basic Bank embezzlement case
UNB
Publish: 11 Jul 2024, 04:24 PM
Dhaka,
Jul 10 (UNB)- Amin Ahmed, owner of Hotel Le Meridien, has been denied bail and
sent to jail in a case involving the embezzlement of Tk 110 crore from Basic
Bank.
Amin Ahmed surrendered
through his lawyer at the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge
Mohammad As-Shams Jaglul Hossain on Wednesday.
Adv. Ehsanul Haque
Samaji, Amin Ahmed's lawyer, argued for his bail, while the lawyer for the
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) opposed the bail plea.
After hearing arguments
from both sides, the court rejected the bail application and ordered Amin Ahmed
to be sent to jail.
Adv. Ehsanul Haque
Samaji confirmed this information.
In this case, on June
30, the Appellate Division directed Amin Ahmed to surrender to the lower court
within seven days.
According to the case
statement, Sheikh Abdul Hai Bachchu purchased 30.25 kathas of land for Tk 110
crore. However, two documents mention the land's value as BDT 15.25 crore.
Later, Bachchu transferred the land to his wife, Shirin Akhter, and his sons,
Sheikh Rafa Hai and Sheikh Sabid Hai Anik.
Sheikh Shahriar Panna,
owner of BM Computers and Crown Properties, and Amin Ahmed allegedly assisted
in the transfer of the land.
In connection with this,
ACC Deputy Director Mohammad Nurul Huda filed the case at the 'Dhaka-1
Integrated District Office' on October 2 last year.
In May of this year, the
investigating officer submitted a charge sheet against six people.
The accused in the
charge sheet are former Basic Bank Chairman Sheikh Abdul Hai Bachchu, his wife
Shirin Akhter, his brother Sheikh Shahriar Panna, his sons Sheikh Rafa Hai and
Sheikh Sabid Hai Anik, and Hotel Le Meridien owner Amin Ahmed.
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