Salman, Sohel sued for fraud
Staff Correspondent
A case was filed against Beximco Group Vice-chairman Salman F Rahman and his brother Sohel Rahman on charges of fraud on Monday night.Mohammad Akamat Ullah filed the case with New Market Police Station accusing them of embezzling Tk 4.56 lakh given to them for buying two plots. The complainant said though he gave the money to the accused between 2000 and 2002, they neither handed over the plots nor returned the money. Salman is already facing a graft and a money laundering cases. An extortion case was filed against Dhaka City Corporation Ward Commissioner Chowdhury Alam, also city BNP leader, on the same night. Anwar Hossain, a DCC contractor, filed the case against the BNP leader on charge of extorting Tk 50 lakh. The complainant said Alam forced him to provide Tk 50 lakh as extortion after he bagged a Tk 3.27 crore DCC work order for development and beautification of Osmani Udyan. In the case statement, Anwar also mentioned that he gave the money on October 26, 2005 following threat from Alam.
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