3 Jamaat leaders sued for defrauding bank

The accused are Jamaat leaders A B M Abdus Sattar, 50, former chairman of Rayganj upazila. Shahinur Alam, 35, of Paikortoli in Kazipur upazila, Jubayer Hossain, 42, Amir of Belkuchi town Jamaat-e-Islami and Setaur Rahman, former manager of Islami Bank, Sirajganj branch.

Akbar Ali, Sub-Inspector (SI) of Sirajganj District Anti-corruption Office filed the cases against them with Sirajganj Sadar Police Station on Thursday after an investigation.

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Of the accused, three Jamaat leaders have gone into hiding after filing of the case.

It is learnt from the case, the three Jamaat leaders, with the help of bank manager Setaur Rahman, drew an amount of Tk 16 lakh as loan from the bank in name of a firm on November 2, 1996. But the money was not paid back to the bank within the fixed time.

On information, the District Anti-corruption Office launched an investigation and confirmed about the guilt of the accused.

While contacted over cell phone, A B M Abdus Sattar told The Daily Star Correspondent a regular case is running against them under Sirajganj Court. Beside, they are trying to repay the entire amount of money to the bank.

On the other hand, after hearing the news of misappropriation, the leaders and activists of the district Jamaat-e-Islami expressed their grave concern and condemned the incident. They demanded a fair investigation into the incident.