Arrest warrants issued against Tanscom CEO, two others

A Dhaka court on Wednesday issued arrest warrants against Transcom Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Simeen Rahman and two others in a case filed over the alleged embezzlement of 14,160 shares through forged signatures and fake stamps.

Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md Sefatullah passed the order on Wednesday (21 January) after taking cognisance of the charge sheet submitted in the case.

The other two individuals facing arrest warrants are Mrs Shahnaz Rahman, wife of Transcom founder Latifur Rahman, and Transcom Group director Shamsuzzaman Patwary.

Confirming the development, Plaintiff’s lawyer Monir Hossain said, the court accepted the charge sheet submitted by the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) and issued arrest warrants against Simeen Rahman and the other two accused.

“Police can arrest them at any time as they are now warrant-listed accused,” he added.

According to court sources, six people have been accused in the case. Of them, Transcom director Md Kamrul Hasan, Md Mosaddeq and Abu Yusuf Md Siddiq appeared before the court on Wednesday.

Their lawyers filed petitions seeking permanent bail, which the court granted. However, Simeen Rahman and the two other accused were absent, prompting the court to issue arrest warrants against them.

The court has fixed 2 February as the next date for submitting a report on the execution of the warrants.

Earlier, on 11 January, Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) Inspector Syed Sajedur Rahman submitted the charge sheet to the court, naming Simeen Rahman and five others as accused in the case.

NSA