Aslam sent back to jail in check fraudulence cases

Dhaka-A court here on Monday sent BNP joint secretary general Aslam Chowdhury back to jail in eight check fraudulence cases.Chittagong metropolitan magistrate Abdul Kader passed the order after a police team produced Aslam before the court, said court bench assistant Kafil Uddin.
A Dhaka court sent BNP leader Aslam Chowdhury, who was arrested for his alleged involvement in an anti-state plot, to jail on May 24.
Plainclothes police arrested Aslam in the city on May 15, 2016.
Police took Aslam to the port city from Dhaka on Sunday night to produce before the Chittagong court.
Earlier, a Chittagong court issued a warrant for the arrest of Aslam in eight case filed over cheque fraudulence.
According to the prosecution, Aslam Chowdhury took loan of Tk 36.8 crore from Pubali Bank’s CDA corporate branch in different times in the name of a company. Although Aslam gave check of Jamuna Bank to Pubali bank for repaying loans but the check was rejected by the bank authority due to insufficient balance.
Later, assistant general manager of Pubali Bank, CDA corporate branch SM Yeahia filed eight cases against Aslam from 2013 to 2015 for cheque fraudulence.