A court has granted the bail petition of Salman F Rahman — industry and investment adviser to ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and vice-chairman of Beximco Group — in a cheque-dishonour case.
After a hearing on Thursday (16 July) afternoon, the court of Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Joshita Islam granted him bail on a Tk 1,000 personal bond.
Defence lawyer Mohaddesul Amin gave this information. He said an arrest warrant had been issued against Salman F Rahman on 7 May after the case was filed, and that the other accused in the case are on bail.
The case was filed earlier, on 9 January, by Ujjwal Mondal on behalf of Export Import Bank of Bangladesh.
The other accused in the case are Ahmed Shayan Fazlur Rahman, Mahfuzur Rahman, Imran Mondal, Md Lutfor Rahman, Mashkura Khanam, Md Saifur Rahman, Abu Naeem Mohammad Selehin, Md Mostafizur Rahman Tanvir and A S F Rahman.
According to the case complaint, a cheque for Tk 112 crore was issued on behalf of Beximco LPG Unit-1 Limited after repeated reminders from the bank. When the cheque was deposited at EXIM Bank’s head office corporate branch on 19 November 2025, the bank returned it the same day marked ‘Insufficient Fund’. A legal notice was later sent by registered post on 26 November asking for payment of the cheque amount within 30 days, but the accused did not pay within the set time.
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