Police have filed a case against a man accused of defrauding people of Tk 150 million by using the illness of former prime minister and BNP chief Khaleda Zia as a pretext. According to CID, Motalles Hossain posed for years as a liaison officer of Khaleda Zia and used this identity to collect money from individuals and businessmen. Investigators said they found evidence of transactions worth around Tk 200 million through bank accounts under his name. He later collected around Tk 150 million into his own bank accounts by telling BNP insiders that Khaleda Zia was ill and needed financial help. CID said that around Tk 53.3 million in several of Hossain’s bank accounts has been frozen by a court order.
