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Salman F Rahman, former adviser to ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, has been shown arrested in a corruption case filed by the anti-corruption commission (ACC).
Metropolitan Senior Special Judge's Court Dhaka Judge Md Jakir Hossain Galib on Monday allowed a petition filed by the ACC requesting to show him arrested in the case.
ACC Public Prosecutor Mahmud Hossain Jahangir confirmed the court order to the FE.
In June, the ACC filed two cases against Salman F Rahman, his son Ahmed Shayan Fazlur Rahman and 36 others. They were accused of embezzling over Tk 10 billion from IFIC Bank through fraudulent loans issued in the names of two fake companies.
Mahmud Hossain Jahangir said that Salman was shown arrested in one of the two cases.
According to the case documents, the loans were orchestrated in collusion and resulted in the misappropriation of more than Tk 10 billion. The funds were later diverted through money laundering, according to the ACC. The cases were filed at the ACC's Integrated District Office, Dhaka-1, by deputy directors Md Mustafizur Rahman and Md Yasir Arafat.
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