The black hand of corruption must be broken: High Court

Asked how the money kept in the bank vault goes, the High Court said it was reported that the money was taken through fake bills. There is no tender, no check - the money is gone, it is unfortunate. There is no chance to look at corruption lightly. The black hand of corruption must be broken.

In the hearing of the bail application of one of the accused in the case filed by the ACC in the case of looting four crore rupees from the vault of Bangshal branch of Dhaka Bank, Justice Md. The High Court bench comprising Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice AKM Zahirul Haque said this on Monday. Rifatul Haque, the then cash in-charge of the bank's Bangshal branch, applied for bail in the case. At today's hearing, the court dismissed the petition as not raised.

Advertising

Rifatul's lawyer heard in court. Wahiduzzaman Sohail. Deputy Attorney General Amin Uddin Manik appeared for the state. Lawyer MA Aziz Khan was present at the hearing on behalf of the ACC.

Earlier, two persons, including Rifatul, were handed over to the police on June 16 in connection with the disappearance of Tk 4 crore from a Dhaka Bank branch vault at Bangshal in Dhaka. The other is Manager (Operations) Emran Ahmed. The ACC filed a case against them.