Staff Reporter :
Criminal Investigation Department (CID) today submitted two separate petitions for showing Regent Group Chairman Mohammad Shahed and its Managing Director Masud Parvez arrested in two fraud cases.
Metropolitan Magistrate Md Baki Billah set August 31 for hearing on the petitions in their presence.
Two businessmen filed the fraud cases against the duo with Uttara Paschim Police Station in July this year.
Haji Eklas Khan, proprietor of M/S Refat Traders, of Chhatok in Sunamganj in his complaint said Shahed and Masud took stones and sand from him between June 22 and 30 which cost Tk 1,89,73,843.
Later, on July 20, he filed the case against them as they refused to pay the amount.
SM Shipon, proprietor of Taiyaba Trading at Uttara in the capital, said Shahed and Masud took sand from his enterprise on different dates which cost Tk 63 lakh.
The duo gave three cheques against the dues but those cheques bounced as there was insufficient fund in the account.
Later, he informed the accused but they refused to pay the amount. On July 23, he filed the case against them.
CID Inspector Akram Hossain filed the petition to show them arrested in a Tk 63 lakh fraud case while CID Inspector Abdul Latif filed a petition to show them arrested in a Tk 1.89 crore fraud case.
