Police have filed a charge sheet against one accused in a case alleging embezzlement and fraud involving 25 lakh taka belonging to Singapore-based expatriate Md Tarikul Islam, in Jhenaidah’s Kotchandpur. There are also allegations that an attempt was made to frame Tarikul with yaba tablets to help the accused escape the same case — a claim that has stirred considerable interest among locals.
According to the case and the investigation report, Md Tarikul Islam, son of Md Abdul Mannan of Jagadishpur village in Kotchandpur upazila, filed CR case no. 295/2025 in Kotchandpur court against two brothers, Md Riku Biswas and Md Jiku Biswas.
The case alleges that on Jiku Biswas’s proposal, Tarikul travelled to Singapore on July 28, 2022, on the promise of a job at a company called “RTJH,” owned by Jiku’s brother Riku Biswas, with a monthly salary of 2 lakh taka. Later, on June 1, 2024, while Tarikul was in Singapore, Riku Biswas allegedly took 25 lakh taka from him on condition of repaying it within six months.
Tarikul alleges that when the money was not returned within the agreed time, he was threatened. He says his work permit was then blocked on April 5, 2025, forcing him to return to Bangladesh.
An arbitration meeting was later held on June 8, 2025, at Gurpara Bazar in the presence of locals. Tarikul claims Riku Biswas admitted there to taking the money, but left before signing a stamped agreement and returned to Singapore.
According to the police investigation report, the allegations against Riku Biswas were found to be true under sections 406, 420 and 506(2) of the Penal Code, and a charge sheet has been submitted against him in court. Jiku Biswas, meanwhile, has been recommended for discharge, as no evidence was found of his direct involvement in the transaction.