A three-member investigation team of Bangladesh Police left here for Sri Lanka on Wednesday to gather information about the sensational money heist from Bangladesh Bank’s (BB’s) reserve account.
The team will try to find out ‘reverse link’ in connection with the stealing of
Tk 800 crore from the central bank’s reserve account with the US Federal Reserve Bank. Talking to UNB, additional DIG (Economic Crime) of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Police Shah Alam said the police team, headed by Assistant Inspector General (National Council Bureau) ) of Police Headquarters Rafiqul Hasan Gani, reached the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo on Wednesday afternoon.
Mentioning that investigation agencies have already made a list of some suspects both at the home and abroad, he said the probe body will try to dig out whether there is any link between the suspects and those who were supposed to receive a portion of the stolen money in Sri Lanka. Shah Alam said the police team will take assistance from the Sri Lankan local agencies concerned, including law enforcement agencies, to conduct their investigation.
“They’ll collect information and analyse those extensively before sending those to us,” he added.
Replying to a question, the additional DIG said the three-member police team will stay in Sri Lanka for at least 10 days. Hackers reportedly swindled out the huge amount of money from the central bank’s account with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in February last. The sensational heist surfaced after a Philippines newspaper published a report on it.
The CID was given the onus of investigation into the incident after the central bank filed a case with Motijheel Police Station in the city on March 15.
