BSS :
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested two persons on charge of embezzlement of Taka 17,000 crore from different subscribers.
The arrested were identified as Ragib Hasan, chairman of Ehsan group, along with his close associate.
“They have been arrested based on accurate allegation and information,” confirmed by Commander Khondoker Al Mayeen, director of legal and media section of the RAB Headquarters.
Ehsan Group Chairman had allegedly purchased land in the name of his own and his other relatives instead
of the organisation by swindling money from the subscribers, said the allegation.
Ragib also embezzled huge amount of money by selling around 90 percent of these land through hide and seek.
UNB adds: Chairman of Ehsan Group Ragib Hasan and his associate were arrested on Friday by Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on charges of misappropriating Tk 17,000 crore.
The Rab headquarters, however, did not yet disclose from where and when he was arrested.
There will be a press briefing at Rab media centre in the afternoon over the arrest, Rab sources said.
According to official sources, Ragib, once the Imam of a mosque, joined a Multi-Level-Marketing (MLM) company and he set up Ehsan Group of Companies in 2010 based in Pirojpur
Starting with a real estate company first, he later formed 17 firms under the group’s name.
Many cases were filed against the group on charges of embezzlement of money from thousands of people promising to run the company according to Islamic Shariah law and offering them a high profit.
