The Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday arrested Aramit PLC assistant general manager Jahangir Alam in Chattogram鈥檚 Kalurghat area for allegedly withdrawing Tk 1.76 crore using 11 cheques issued in the name of former land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Javed.
After the arrest, Tk 83.76 lakh was recovered in raids conducted at different places with Jahangir Alam, ACC officials said
ACC Chattogram region deputy director Subel Ahmed confirmed the arrest from the company鈥檚 office, adding that the money was seized on Wednesday afternoon from drawers and a vault at the office of Aramit PLC, owned by Saifuzzaman, in the city鈥檚 Kalurghat area.
ACC officials said that within the past week Tk 1 crore was withdrawn from several branches of Islami Bank, Tk 30 lakh from Janata Bank, Tk 36 lakh from Sonali Bank, and Tk 10 lakh from Meghna Bank. Jahangir Alam claimed that the money was withdrawn to cover legal expenses for two Aramit officials who had earlier been arrested by the ACC in a money laundering case.
The two officials are Aramit PLC assistant general managers Md Abdul Aziz and Utpal Pal, who were arrested on September 17 in the case.
However, the ACC suspects that the fresh withdrawal of Tk 1.76 crore is also linked to embezzlement or laundering.
The ACC launched an investigation into Saifuzzaman after the fall of the ousted Awami League鈥檚 regime in August 2024.
On July 23, this year, a case was filed against him and his wife, siblings and 31 others of laundering Tk 25 crore from UCB.
