KDS Group Chairman Khalilur Rahman Arrested

Khalilur Rahman, chairman of Chattogram's leading industrial group KDS Group, has been arrested in a money laundering case. The prison authorities have admitted that he is currently in Dhaka Central Jail. Jail warden Md. Masud Hasan Jewel said that he was arrested and sent to jail on February 1 in a money laundering case.

It is learnt that the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against 29 people, including Khalilur Rahman, chairman of another leading industrial group KDS Group, in connection with the embezzlement of Tk 4.59 billion given by National Bank to Saad Musa Group, a leading industrial group in Chattogram.

On December 30, the case was secretly filed at the ACC Chattogram Integrated District Office-1 by Ram Prasad Mandal, Deputy Director of the ACC Head Office. The matter was reported to the media on the afternoon of February 1.

The four directors of the Sikder Group, another prominent business group in the country, Ron Haque Sikder (Managing Director), his brother Rick Haque Sikder, mother Mrs. Monowara Sikder and sister Parveen Haque Sikder, former MP, have been named as accused in the case. Former Deputy Minister of Water Resources AKM Enamul Haque Shamim has also been named as an accused. All of them were directors of National Bank.