Pakundia UZ chair Renu sent to jail

Sr. Staff Reporter, Kishoreganj  :
The ruling Awami League leader and Pakundia Upazila Parishad Chairman of Kishoreganj Rafiqul Islam Renu was sentenced to two years imprisonment by the tribunal for the crime of forging the signature of Prime Minister’s economic adviser Dr. Moshiur Rahman.
Chairman Rafiqul Islam Renu is absconding; an arrest warrant was issued against him as a convict on January 4 from the tribunal.
According to the complaint, Uttara Bank Ltd granted a loan of Tk 2 crore 5 lakh from M/s Elite Iron and Steel GP Sheet Limited. Pakundia upazila chairman Renu took Tk 35 lakh from the company by promising to waive this loan.
Then he showed a letter issued by the Prime Minister’s Finance Advisor Moshiur Rahman to Managing Director (MD) of Uttara Bank to waive the loan on a forged signature. The bank sent the letter to the Prime Minister’s office for verification. Then the letter was proved false as Mashiur Rahman did not issue such letter.