DHAKA: Six persons have been accused in a case filed yesterday over the Rs 2.71 crore, allegedly in fake currency, found hidden in boxes inside a container at the Chittagong port.
The container arrived on September 16 from the United Arab Emirates via Colombo and was opened on Monday afternoon.
The accused are ASM Sayem alias Shamim, chairman of clearing and forwarding (C&F) firm Flash International Ltd; his partner Asad Ullah; Md Ahammad Ullah Talukder, director of C&F firm Nahar Trading Company; the container’s consignee and UAE expatriate Shaheduzzaman; his younger brother Towhidul Alam and Sheikh Saber, a tea boy at the port.
Shaheduzzaman is on the run while the rest are under arrest. Kawser Alam, a driver of Flash Trade Ltd detained earlier, has been released.
Chittagong Metropolitan Magistrate Nur-e-Alam Bhuiyan is to hear a 10-day police remand prayer for each on September 27.
A three-member committee led by Additional Director General Hossain Ahmed of Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate is to submit a probe report in 25 days.
Three other consignments of Flash International Ltd have also been seized on suspicion, said the directorate’s director general, Moinul Khan.
