ACC’s letter to CID to analyze Bangladesh Financial institution’s reserve robbery case –

The Anti-Corruption Fee (ACC) desires to take over the investigation of the case filed within the robbery of Bangladesh Financial institution’s reserves from the Felony Investigation Division (CID) of the police. ACC wrote a letter to CID on December 31 final 12 months for this.

Within the letter in the hunt for to take over the investigation of the case from the CID, the ACC says that they wish to examine the case because the robbery of reserves is a scheduled offence. On the other hand, ACC has no longer won a answer from the CID on this regard.

Director Normal (Prevention) of the ACC. Akter Hossain instructed Jago Information on Wednesday that the robbery of Bangladesh Financial institution’s reserves in 2016 is a scheduled crime of the fee. For this reason the fee desires to analyze the case of Motijheel police station filed on this regard.

On February 5, 2016, 80 million greenbacks of Bangladesh Financial institution used to be stolen from the US Federal Reserve Financial institution via SWIFT code. The transferred cash is shipped to the Philippines. The folk involved then believed that this cash used to be smuggled with the assistance of a gang throughout the nation. There were allegations of cover-up of the robbery of reserves for a very long time.

Then on March 15 of that 12 months, Jubair Bin Huda, Joint Director of Accounts and Budgeting Division of Bangladesh Financial institution, filed a case at Motijheel Police Station within the capital. No person used to be at once accused in relation to Prevention of Cash Laundering Act. CID is investigating the case.

In keeping with the letter despatched through the ACC to the CID, a case used to be registered on March 15, 2016 on the Bangladesh Financial institution Motijheel Police Station in regards to the robbery of Bangladesh Financial institution reserves in 2016. The case is now being investigated through the CID. In keeping with CID’s investigation, a complete of 13 govt officers together with Bangladesh Financial institution’s former governor Atiyar Rahman had been known as accused within the incident.

The letter additionally states that in keeping with Phase 21 of the Penal Code, Phase 2 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947 and Phase 110 of the Financial institution Corporate Act, 1991, the officers concerned within the incident together with the Governor of Bangladesh Financial institution are public servants. Because the topic can handiest be investigated through the Anti-Corruption Fee as in keeping with the provisions of the Anti-Corruption Fee Act, it’s been made up our minds to ship a letter to switch the investigation of the case from the CID to the Anti-Corruption Fee.

In keeping with that call, it’s been asked within the letter to take the vital measures at hand over the case CD and different comparable information to the Anti-Corruption Fee for dealing with the case and next investigation lawsuits from the fee.

In the meantime, the CID has discovered the involvement of a number of other people together with the previous governor of Bangladesh Financial institution, Atiur Rahman, in relation to reserve robbery. Immigration police have already banned them from touring in a foreign country.

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