Another staff of swindler company held in Barisal
Our Correspondent, Barisal
Another employee of the illegal company that allegedly swindled about Tk nine crore from depositors in the city was arrested yesterday. The arrested person is Mashiur Rahman Rana, 22, 'accounts officer' of the company. Police foiled a human chain program by depositors in the city to press for refund of their money while a court again rejected bale prayer of three staff of the company, arrested on Monday. The office of the company Bangalee Sachetan Samaj--was seen closed yesterday while its employees accused of forgery were absconding to avoid arrest. Meanwhile investigation by an official probe committee and bank sources said BLS has only Tk 22,58,230 deposits in two accounts with Premier Bank and one account with Janata Bank in Barisal city. It has a balance of Tk 1,65,305 in account N0. 118-1110000395-6 and Tk 5,92,925 in account N0. 118-1110000428-8 with Premier Bank. It has a balance of Tk 15,00,000 in account N0. 001062326 with Janata Bank's Corporate Branch. Abul Kalam Azad, one of the arrested staff of the company, has two personal accounts. He has deposits of Tk 5,75,000 in account N0. 001062337 with Janata Bank's Corporate Branch and Tk 85,86,000 in account No. CD-4021 with Pubali Bank in the city. Managers of Premier, Pubali and Janata banks, when contacted, failed to give satisfactory reply when asked about operation system of the accounts and sources of the money. Md Shawkatul Alam, Deputy Director of Bangladesh Bank in Barisal, also acknowledged that the banks concerned violated the central bank's instruction against money laundering. The BLS authorities in their statement before the inquiry committee on September 22 said that they had collected Tk 8,60,85,000 from 24,985 clients on a promise to triple their deposits in 57 days.
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