A Dhaka court on Monday fixed November 27 to submit a report on the
resolution of a case filed against BNP Senior Vice Chairman Tarique
Rahman and other directors of Dandy Dying Limited for defaulting a
loan payment of Sonali Bank Limited.
Judge Mohammad Rabuuzzaman of Dhaka’s Ortho Rin Adalat-1 passed the
order following a time petition submitted on behalf the mediator,
Advocate Abdus Salam.
The mediator summoned the representatives of the bank and the
defendants of the case and they had a meeting at his chamber on
October 31. They have had some discussion. However, the discussion
could not be completed as the chief defense lawyer Barrister Fakhrul
Islam is ill.
The other defendants in the case are Dandy Dying Limited, late Major
Iskander’s son Shams Iskander, Safin Iskander, daughter Sumaiya
Iskander, wife Nasrin Ahmad, Tarique’s brother Arafat Rahman Koko,
businessman Giasuddin Al Mamun, his wife Shahina Yasmin, Kazi Galib
Ahmad, Shamsunnahar and her son Masud Hasan.
Shamsunnahar and Masud were made defendants after the death of
defendant No. Mozaffar Ahmad.
On October 2 last year, Sonali Bank Limited filed the case against the
defendants after their company failed to pay off the principal loan
with interest, accumulated over the last 11 years, totaling to Tk
45.49 crore.
The company had borrowed Tk 12.16 crore from bank’s principal office
in the capital on October 16, 2001, says the case statement. – Court
Correspondent
