DHAKA, Jan 23, 2025 (BSS) – The Financial Crime Unit of the Criminal
Investigation Department (CID) has attached assets worth around Tk 250
crore belonging to former adviser of the ousted Prime Minister, Salman
F. Rahman and his associates and organizations, said a CID press
release.

Salman F. Rahman, owner of Beximco Group, Apollo Apparels Limited
and Kanchpur Apparels Limited, through 21 LC/Sales Contracts (Sales
Agreements) in the name of two organizations, RR Global Trading FZE,
Saif Lounge, PO Box No. 121709, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, owned
by his son Ahmed Shahriar Rahman, located in Dubai, exported goods
worth 260,14,984/US dollars on various dates and times from 2020 to
2024 and laundered money, it said.

A money laundering case is now under investigation in this regard.

With the cooperation of the accused named in the case, they organized
and exported goods to institutions related to their interests with the
malicious intention of laundering money abroad under the guise of
foreign trade, it said.

 The accused individuals have owned several establishments built on
2000 decimal of land in the name of the accused in Dohar Thana area of
Dhaka district.

Salman’s son Ahmed Shahriar Rahman owned a flat of 6189.54 square in
the building named the Envoy 84 at Gulshan- 2, and another flat of
2713.10 square feet on the 2nd and 3rd floors (B 1/2 (duplex) on the east-
central side) of the 6-storey building named Triplets built on Plot No. 31,
68/A Road, Gulshan Residential Area, were attached by the court.
 
The current market value of the attached properties is Tk 250 crore.

The Financial Crimes Unit of CID earlier filed 17 cases against Salman F.
Rahman and his associates on charges of laundering $83 million to
various countries through trade-based money laundering.