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Published : 30 Jun 2015, 05:30 PM
Dhaka’s First Money Loan Court on Tuesday set July 14 as the new date for this after hearing the petition of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, one of the main defendants, who sought more time.
This was the second time the court postponed framing of issues in the case, said Jahangir Alam, the lawyer for Sonali Bank Ltd, which filed the case nearly two years ago.
Arafat Rahman Coco’s wife and his two daughters along with Khaleda were made the new defendants in the case after its main accused Coco, the BNP chief’s younger son, died in January.
Coco’s wife Sharmila Rahman Sithi and daughters Zahia Rahman and Zafia Rahman went back to Malaysia after Coco’s funeral and burial in Dhaka in the same month.
Coco, along with his family, had been living in Malaysia for over six years despite being convicted by a Bangladesh court for laundering money.
On Mar 16 this year, the First Money Loan Court implicated the four following a move by state-owned Sonali Bank. On Mar 22, Khaleda, too, was summoned.
Earlier, the bank had also implicated the wife and son of another accused, Mozaffar Ahmed, following his death.
The bank filed the case in October 2013, accusing the defendants of defaulting on a loan repayment amounting to Tk 455.90 million.
The other defendants are Dandy Dyeing Limited, Khaleda’s eldest son Tarique Rahman, her late brother Sayeed Iskander’s wife Nasrin Ahmed, sons Shams Iskander and Shafin Iskander, and daughter Sumaiya Iskander, Tarique’s business partner Giasuddin Al Mamun, his wife Shahina Begum, and Kazi Galib Ahmed.
According to the case details, Dandy Dyeing commenced business in 1992 with a capital of Tk 30 million.
In February 1993, it took a loan of Tk 131.4 million from Sonali Bank. The bank disbursed a fresh loan in 1996 on an application by Sayeed Iskander.
The outstanding loan stood at around Tk 427 million on Apr 4, 2010.
The case was filed as the defendants had not repaid the loan despite being served with notices.
