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Vol. 5 Num 400 Tue. July 12, 2005  
   
Metropolitan


AKTEL official held on charge of misappropriation of money


An official of the AKTEL, a private mobile phone operator, was arrested on charge of misappropriation of crores of taka from the company, police sources said.

Avijit Kumar Saha, executive of credit control division of the AKTEL, was arrested by Gulshan police following a case filed on Sunday by the TM International (Bangladesh) Ltd., the operator of AKTEL, with a metropolitan judge's court in Dhaka.

The TM International accused Avijit of misappropriating Tk 3,15,63,000 from the company.

Masuk Rahman, manager, corporate affairs of AKTEL alleged that Avijit took away the money paid by the subscribers as phone bills from October 31, 2003 to April 4, 2005 without depositing the amount with the company account.

Abdullah L Baki, judge of the metropolitan court, rejected a bail prayer by Avijit and sent him to jail.