A Dhaka court yesterday allowed Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to collect accounts statements from Uttara branch of Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited how much money did Lasker-e-Taiba (LeT) member Abdul Malek withdraw and distribute among the militant organisations.
Judge Mohammad Zohurul Hoque of the Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court passed the order after CID Special Superintendent of police Abdul Kahar Akond, also the investigation officer (IO) of the case, submitted an application seeking an order from it to collect accounts from the bank.
Malek is an accused in the August 21 grenade attack case.
The court also directed authorities concerned of Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited to help CID in supplying accounts statements which they sought.
In the petition, Akond said he gathered information from Pakistan-based LeT member Abdul Majid Butt and Malek where they disclosed that one Shahed of Pakistan sent huge amount of money through Western Union to the Dutch-Bangla Bank on different occasions.
The money was sent to patronise Bangladesh-based militant organisations. Malek withdrew the money from the bank and supplied those to different militant organisations for running their activities, the IO said.
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested Malek from the airport railway station area in the city on October 5 for his alleged role in supplying grenades, which were used for attacks on the AL rally.
Later, he was shown arrested in the August 21 grenade attack case and remanded for ten days in three phases. He also gave confessional statement to a magistrate on October 31.
Earlier, another LeT member Abdul Majid Butt gave confessional statements to the magistrate regarding his involvement in the grenade attacks.