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Salman F Rahman shown arrested in fresh case
Salman allegedly pressured Farmanul to approve loans of around USD$185 million for his Teesta Solar project
Daily Sun Report, Dhaka
Published: 17 Aug 2026, 03:44 PM
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A Dhaka court on Monday ordered Salman F Rahman, former adviser to ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, to be shown arrested in a case filed over allegedly assaulting, threatening and forcing a Bangladesh Infrastructure Finance Fund Limited (BIFFL) official.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mahbub Alam passed the
order after Investigation Officer Md Masud Rana filed a petition, said
complainant’s lawyer Abbas Uddin.
He said PBI submitted the investigation report to
the court on 6 December 2025, accusing six people. Salman F Rahman was the
first accused to be shown arrested in the case.
Earlier, on 15 September 2024, SM Farmanul Islam,
former chief executive officer of BIFFL, filed the case before a metropolitan
magistrate’s court, naming 12 accused, including former finance secretary and
Bangladesh Bank governor Abdur Rouf Talukder and former National Board of
Revenue chairman Abu Hena Md Rahmatul Muneem.
According to the case documents, Salman allegedly
pressured Farmanul to approve loans of around USD$185 million for his Teesta Solar project and Tk200 crore investment in zero-coupon bonds.
The complaint also alleges that pressure was exerted
to provide hundreds of crores of taka in unsecured loans to various Beximco
Group companies, which Farmanul refused due to irregularities.
The accused later allegedly assaulted Farmanul and
threatened to kill him before forcing him to sign a resignation letter in July
2019. He was also allegedly threatened with being implicated in a graft case.
The Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) submitted a
charge sheet against six accused in December 2025.