Aramit AGM Jahangir ‘confesses’ to aiding ex-land minister in moving funds abroad

Jahangir Alam, assistant general manager of Aramit PLC, has given a “confessional statement” in court, detailing how funds were allegedly laundered abroad through the use of cheques issued in the name of former land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Javed. Jahangir, who was arrested over the withdrawal of Tk 17.6 million through 11 cheques, appeared before the court of Chattogram Metropolitan Magistrate Muhammad Ibrahim Khalil on Thursday, where his statement was recorded. Md Mokarram Hossain, counsel for the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), told bdnews24.com: “Jahangir has provided detailed accounts of how former minister Saifuzzaman, his wife Rukmila Jaman, and their associates transferred money abroad. “He has said in court that the money withdrawn from four separate banks was gathered for the purpose of...