Former Jamaat upazila ameer sent to jail in Tk 400 crore embezzlement case

RAB-14 has arrested former Jamaat-e-Islami upazila ameer Md Abdul Wahed in seven cases filed over the embezzlement of approximately Tk 400 crore and fraud involving the Al-Akaba Multipurpose Cooperative Society in Madarganj upazila of Jamalpur.

He was arrested following a raid in the bypass area of Jamalpur city on Tuesday, August 4. RAB later handed him over to Madarganj Police Station in the evening. When produced before the court, the judge ordered him sent to jail.

The arrested Abdul Wahed was a director of the Al-Akaba Multipurpose Cooperative Society. He also served as ameer of Madarganj upazila Jamaat at one time.

RAB said there were arrest warrants against him from the court in multiple cases filed at Madarganj Police Station over fraud and embezzlement. He was arrested based on those warrants.

Local sources claimed that several cooperative organisations, including Al-Akaba Multipurpose Cooperative Society in Madarganj, collected approximately Tk 1,500 crore from customers by promising high returns. Later, the individuals concerned went into hiding. Aggrieved customers filed multiple cases and have staged protests at various times demanding the return of their deposits.

Regarding the matter, Jamalpur district Jamaat ameer Abdus Sattar said Abdul Wahed currently has no organisational affiliation with Jamaat-e-Islami. He was expelled from the party long ago.

Madarganj Police Station Officer-in-Charge Snehasish Roy said Abdul Wahed was handed over to the station after RAB arrested him. He was later produced before the court, which ordered him sent to jail.