Case filed against 16 BSEC officials

A case has been filed at the capital's Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station against 16 officials of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) for keeping its chairman and commissioners confined in office.

BSEC Chairman Khandakar Rashed’s gunman Md Ashikur Rahman filed the case with Sher-e-Bangla Nagar police station on Thursday night.

Golam Azam, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Sher-e-Bangla Nagar police station confirmed the matter on Friday morning (March 7).

A total of 16 individuals have been accused in the case. Investigation is underway in this regard, he said.

The accused are – BSEC former executive director Saifur Rahman, 58, Executive Directors Mahbubul Alam, 57, and Rezaul Karim, 54, Director Abu Raihan Md Mohtasin Billah, 51, Additional Director Nazrul Islam, 50, Joint Director Rashedul Islam, 48, Deputy Director Bani Yeamin, 45, Deputy Director Al Islam, 38, Deputy Director Shahidul Islam, 42, Deputy Director Towhidul Islam, 32, Assistant Director Jony Hossain, 31, Assistant Director Rayhan Kabir, 30, Assistant Director Sajjad Hossain, 30, Assistant Director Abdul Baten, 32, Librarian Md Selim Reza Bappi, 31, and personal officer Abu Yusuf, 29.