Tariq Rahman's close friend Giyas Uddin Al Mamun is getting bail

The court has granted bail to BNP Acting Chairman Tarek Rahman's friend Ghiyas Uddin Al Mamun in the case filed by the ACC on charges of embezzlement of Tk 32.67 million from Sonali Bank.

On Tuesday (August 6), the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge As Samch Jaglul Hossain granted his bail. ACC court inspector Amir Hossain confirmed the matter.

Ghiyas Uddin Al Mamun was arrested by joint forces on January 30, 2007 during the previous caretaker government. He has been in jail ever since. More than 20 cases were filed against him on various charges including extortion, corruption, money laundering, tax evasion.

In 2013, he was sentenced to 7 years in prison in a case. Earlier, the Arms Act case resulted in a 10-year jail sentence, which was later quashed by the High Court. Apart from this, he was also sentenced to 10 years in a case of acquiring illegal wealth.

Ghiyas Uddin Al Mamun's lawyer Helal Uddin said that he got bail in all the cases. The cases that were sentenced, have been in jail for longer than that. Going to Kashimpur Jail. He will be released soon.

It is known that Deputy Director of ACC Head Office Subhash Chandra Dutt filed the case against 21 people including Ghiyas Uddin Al Mamun for embezzling Tk 32.67 million from Sonali Bank in the name of loan in June 2022 at the Commission's Integrated District Office Dhaka-1.

It is said in the statement of the case, other owners of M/s One Spinning Mills Limited owned by Ghiyas Uddin Al Mamun and the officials of the local office of the bank embezzled Tk 32 crore 67 lakh 94 thousand 612 from the bank. Ghiyas Uddin Al Mamun is the MD of M/s One Spinning Mills.

It is further stated in the statement that the bank and the government have been harmed by embezzling the said money by removing the machineries from the port through the import documents, creating LTR despite the terms and conditions of the loan not being complied with. The accused have committed offenses punishable under sections 409, 109 of the Penal Code and 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947.

Chairman of Messrs. One Spinning Mills Limited among the other 20 defendants. Haroon Or Rashid, Director Nasir Uddin Mia, A. H. M. Jahangir alias Abu Hasan Mohammad Jahangir, Rajib Siraj and Orion Mushroom Ltd. nominated director G. R Chowdhury alias Golam Rabbani Chowdhury.

Among the related officials of Sonali Bank, those who have been accused are - Bank's former MD Muhammad Tahmilur Rahman, former DMD Md. Amanullah, former GM. Mizanur Rahman, Md. Shafiqur Rahman, former DGM Khandaker Mosharraf Ali, Md. Kamrul Islam, Abu Zafar Md. Saleh, former AGM. Ali Arshad, Md. Abu Musa, Abdul Gafur Bhuiyan, former SPO. Atiqur Rahman, S, M, M, Awlad Hossain, Wahid Uddin Ahmed, former PO Md. Abdur Razzak and former SO. Shah Alam.