Case over theft of BB reserve deferred to May 22

Court Correspondent

The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Tuesday deferred the date for 2submission of a report on the theft of money from the Bangladesh Bank reserve to May 22.Magistrate Khurshid Alam of the CMM Court fixed the new date as the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) did not submit any report on Tuesday. Earlier, on March 16 Metropolitan Magistrate Mahbubur Rahman had fixed April 19 for submission of the report in the case, filed by the central bank in connection with the theft of $ 101 million from its reserve under the Money Laundering Act, Information and Technology Act and the Penal Code.

Zubair Bin Huda, Joint-Director of Audit and Budget Department of Bangladesh Bank lodged the case with Motijheel Police Station on March 15 against some un-identified people.