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BSB Global Network’s Khairul Bashar remanded for 13 days again
The court has granted another 13-day remand to BSB Global Network Chairman Khairul Bashar in five separate fraud cases. The Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) court granted the remand on Wednesday following a police application.
BSB Global Network’s Khairul Bashar remanded for 13 days again
Earlier in the afternoon, the Gulshan Police Station produced Bashar in court and requested to take him on a 31-day remand for questioning in five separate cases. The application stated that BSB Global Network Chairman Khairul Bashar has embezzled a huge amount of money in the name of sending him abroad for higher education. It is necessary to take Bashar on a remand and question him to find out who else is involved in the embezzlement. The defendants sought to reject the application for remand. After hearing both sides, the court allowed Khairul Bashar to be remanded for 13 days for questioning.
On July 15, the Crime and Investigation Department (CID) of the police took Khairul Bashar on a 10-day remand and questioned him in a case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. The day before, the CID arrested Bashar from the capital’s Dhanmondi area. The CID filed the case at Gulshan Police Station on May 4 on charges of involvement in the crime of money laundering.
Bashar is accused of embezzling a huge amount of money by promising higher education abroad.
The CID said that initial investigations revealed that from 2018 to 2024, Khairul Bashar, along with his wife Khandaker Selima Rawshan and son Arsh Ibne Bashar, formed an organized fraud ring. The ring has embezzled a huge amount of money from students in the name of admission opportunities, scholarships and visa processing in foreign universities. Students were attracted through fake visa processing, fabricated representations and flashy advertisements. However, the investigation revealed that many of the students did not apply to any foreign university. Many others were cheated in various ways while abroad.
According to CID information, 448 victims have reported being cheated so far. However, it is believed that the actual number may be higher. Some victims have already filed cases with various police stations on charges of fraud and forgery.
CID says that Khairul Bashar and his family members used to deposit the money collected from the students in various bank accounts and withdraw the money from there to purchase immovable assets, run businesses and illegally transfer money.
