Arrest warrants issued against 5 Unilever officials in fraud case

A Dhaka court on Wednesday issued arrest warrants against Unilever Consumer Care Limited Managing Director Md Naharul Islam Molla and four other senior officials in a fraud case.

The other accused are Unilever Bangladesh Limited Finance Director Zinnia Huq, Area Manager (Central South Region) Kaiser Mahmud Chowdhury, Senior Area Manager (Wari) M Shoaib Kamal, and Cluster Head (Central South Cluster) Syed Ziqrul Bin Zamir.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mehedi Hasan passed the order after scrutinising the police report and relevant documents, said the plaintiff’s lawyer Zahidul Islam Hiron.

Earlier on January 5, investigation officer Tariqul Haque, a sub-inspector of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), submitted the probe report to the court, accusing the five officials.

The case was filed on August 7 last year by Salauddin Ferdous, a commercial executive of Agrani Group of Companies, alleging that the accused supplied damaged and date-expired products.