The High Court on Tuesday issued an order to arrest AB Bank’s two officials, an assistant vice president at the bank’s head office, Aminul Islam, and the Satkhira Branch Manager within 24 hours.
Officials of the Gulshan Police Station in Dhaka and Satkhira Police Station in Satkhira have been asked to comply with the order. The police officials have also been asked to produce the two bank officials in the High Court on June 5.
The High Court bench of Justice Abu Taher Md Saifur Rahman and Justice A K M Zahirul Huq passed the order as the bank officials didn’t comply with the court’s earlier order to provide a bank statement to Shafiur Rahman, a Satkhira based businessman.
Deputy Attorney General Wayesh Al Haruni appeared in the court hearing on behalf of the state, while lawyer Earul Islam appeared for the petitioner.
Later Deputy Attorney General Wayesh Al Haruni said, “Shafiur Rahman took a loan from the AB Bank. He sought a bank statement recently against his loan, but the bank authorities refused him to give the statement. On this ground, Shafiur filed a writ petition with the High Court.”
The state law officer also said, “The High Court asked me to talk to the head office of the AB Bank and Satkhira Branch of the bank. As per the court order, I talked to Aminul Islam, an Assistant Vice President (AVP) of the bank’s head office, and the Satkhira Branch Manager and inform them about the court order. Even after the court order, the Branch Manager didn’t provide any statement to the businessman. In this circumstance, the court ordered to arrest the officials.”
