Country’s biggest crimes being committed in banking sector: HC

The biggest crimes in the country are occurring in the banking sector, the high court opined.

A bench of justice Md. Nazrul Islam Talukder and justice Khizir Hayat passed the order while conducting a hearing on Tuesday.

The most dangerous crimes are committed in the bank crippling the country. How the country would go ahead if everything runs in such a way, the court asked.  

Four officials of the Islami Bank appeared before the court in a loan fraudulence case seeking anticipatory bail.

Conducting a hearing on their bail petition the court said, “We should have sent you inside (jail). But we are giving an opportunity to surrender as the amount of fraud money is small.”

Lawyer Fouzia Akter took part in the hearing on behalf of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).

Rejecting the anticipatory bail the high court asked them to surrender before the lower court within four weeks, Fouzia told the media.