CHITTAGONG: A Chittagong court yesterday placed five suspects on a five-day remand in connection with the seizure of 2.72 crore rupee – believed to be counterfeit – that was found in a container at the port on September 20.
Metropolitan Magistrate Nowrin Akhter Kakon passed the order when the police produced the five arrestees with a 10-day remand plea, said Chittagong Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner (Prosecution) Nirmalendu Bikash Chakraborty.
The remanded are the consignment’s C&F Agent Flash Trade International’s Chairman ASM Sayem Shamim, its Managing Director Md Asadullah, staffs Ahmad Ullad and Kaosar Alam, and the consignment importer Dubai-expatriate Shahidujjaman’s brother Towhidul Alam; importer Shahidujjaman is still is on the run.
The Directorate of Customs Intelligence and Investigation (CIID) Revenue Officer Bidhan Kumar Barua lodged the case with Bandar Police Station on September 22, accusing the six men.
The rupees were found in a 20-feet long container which arrived at the port on September 16. The container was put on board MV Prosper on September 12 at Dubai’s Jabel Ali Port; the vessel arrived at Chittagong Port via Colombo Port.
The fugitive – Shahidujjaman – used the address of Fortune Trade at the port city’s Sheikh Mujib Road to import the consignment cited as personal baggage.
The signature of Shahidujjaman which was given in the declaration form, however,did not match with the signature of his passport.
The CIID suspects that the currencies were brought either for criminal activities or to be sent to another place using Chittagong Port as transit.
