Court Correspondent :
Rashedul Haque, a close associate of PK Halder, yesterday confessed to a Dhaka court that he disbursed crores of taka, including Tk 70.82 crore, as loan to the non-existing “Anan Chemical Limited ” as per PK Halder’s directive.
Magistrate Md Baki Billah of the CMM Court recorded confessional statement of Rashedul Haque, former Managing Director of the
International Leasing and Financial Services Limited (ILFSL), after Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Deputy Director Gulshan Anwar Pradhan, and Investigation Officer of the case, took him in his chamber.
After recording the statement, the Magistrate sent him to the Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj, an official of the ACC confirmed to media.
Rashedul Haque told the court that submission of application for loan in the name of Anan Chemical Limited and sanction of loan were given as per PK Halder’s directives even though the company was non-existent.
“I had disbursed crores of taka as loan to a number of non-existing companies and a number of high-profile persons including Chairman and Managing Director of Mercantile Bank Limited and Bank Asia Limited as per PK Halder’s instruction,” he said. A high official of Bangladesh Bank had assisted them, Rashed said in his statement.
ACC official Gulshan interrogated Rashed and Uzzal Kumar Nandi, former Chairman of People’s Leasing and Financial Services Limited at the ACC office on January 25 and then they were kept at Ramna Police Station, out of fear that they might leave the country for their alleged involvement in the scam.
Earlier that day, the ACC filed a case against 24 people, including the two, with its Integrated District Office-1 of Dhaka. PK Halder is the prime accused in the case.
According to the prosecution, it was alleged that Uzzal, one of the directors of the non-existent company “Anan Chemical Limited ” and Rashed in collusion with PK Halder and others took Tk 70.82 crore as loan and laundered the money.
