DHAKA — Customers and shareholders of Islami Bank held a human chain Wednesday demanding the return of money laundered from Islami banks and the prosecution of those responsible.
The event was organized by the Affected Customers Coordination Council in front of the head office of Islami Bank Bangladesh on Wednesday afternoon, April 29. More than a thousand shareholders and customers took part.
Speakers included aggrieved customers professor Nur Nabi Manik; businessman and social worker Abdur Rahman; businessmen Motasim Billah, Rafiqul Islam, Anisur Rahman, Mohammad Touhidul Islam, Abu Yusuf and Kamruzzaman Polash, among others.
Speakers said the Bank Resolution Act 2026, which they said would give bank looters an opportunity to return, must be repealed. Islami Bank must not be handed over to bank looter S. Alam under any circumstances, they said. The speakers called on the government to arrest S. Alam and all top looters, confiscate their domestic assets and bring back funds laundered abroad.
Shareholders and customers at the event displayed banners reading “Stop the plot to seize Islami Bank,” “Repeal the black law on bank seizure” and “S. Alam, no more.”
After the human chain, a delegation of aggrieved shareholders and customers submitted a memorandum to the governor of Bangladesh Bank and the chairman of Islami Bank Bangladesh. The memorandum laid out five demands: “prevent re-entry of S. Alam and his accomplice criminal group,” “recover laundered and embezzled funds,” “ensure exemplary and swift trial of bank looters,” “restore fair and lawful ownership” and “repeal the controversial legal provisions.”
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