Criminal Investigation Department (CID) cannot give charge sheet on the Bangladesh Bank heist since required information on the accused foreigners has not been received as yet.
It’s believed that in the reserve heist around 30 persons of several countries are involved and the home ministry is carrying out efforts to gather information on these people.
So far, information on only one person has been found.
Reportedly, CID has sent letters to The Philippines and Sri Lanka asking for detailed information on these identified foreigners.
Once the charge sheets carry detail information on foreign criminals, the court can declare a verdict.
By using SWIFT code, around $101 million of Bangladesh Bank was stolen from the US based Federal Reserve Bank. Of this, $20 million went to Sri Lanka and $81 million went to the gambling dens of the Philippines.
Once the issue came out in the open, joint director of Bangladesh Bank, Zobaer bin Huda, lodged a case at the Motijheel thana on Mar 15, 2016.
The case went to CID’s additional police super of the organized and financial crime unit, Raihan Uddin Khan.
When asked about the possible end time of the investigation, he mentioned the name of special super of crime Mollah Nazrul Islam.
Molla Nazrul says: “We can’t say when the investigation will be over; this is a trans-national crime and involves criminals from Philippines, Hong Kong, Macau, China, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Japan and Egypt.”
We are working tirelessly to get the information of these criminals and, so far, have received the information on one criminal, he added.
Apart from CID, Police Bureau of Investigation, PBI, Dhaka Metropolitan Police, DMP, Special Branch, SB are involved in the reserve bank heist case.