DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, wife and two daughters of Arafat Rahman Koko were made accused in Dandy Dyeing loan default case as he died.

Acting Judge of Dhaka Money Loan Court-1 Rokshana Aktar Happy passed the order on Monday following a plea of Sonali Bank lawyer Jahangir Hossain.

The court also fixed April 12 to submit High Court order and formation of issue.

On October 2, 2012, Nazrul Islam, senior executive officer of a local branch of Sonali Bank, filed the case with the Artha Rin Adalat (Money Loan Court) for default of loan involving Tk 45.59 crore.

BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman and his younger brother Arafat Rahman Koko, Shams Iskander, Shafin Iskander, Sumaiya Iskander, Nasrin Ahmed, Tarique’s business friend Gias Uddin Al Mamun, Mamun’s wife Shahina Begum, Gazi Galib Abdus Sattar, Shamsun Nahar and Masud Hassan were made accused.

According to the case, during the BNP rule in 1992, Dandy Dyeing Limited Company started its operation with a capital of Tk 3 crore. The following year it took bank loan of Tk 13.14 crore.

Later, in 1996, Sonali Bank further sanctioned loan accumulating to Tk 42.70 crore.

Meanwhile, in 2001, the Sonali Bank authorities had written off the interest amount equivalent to Tk 12.16 crore.

But the accused have not paid the loan yet though the bank issued final letter for payment on February 28 in 2010.

BDST: 1700 HRS, MAR 16, 2015