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Former Simtex Industries Chairman Lieutenant Colonel Anisur Rahman (Retd) has sought the involvement of the stock market regulator to save the company and his life from the loan scammer PK Halder’s accomplice Siddiqur Raman’s clutches.
In his complaints recently lodged to the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC), he said Siddiqur, one of the founders of Simtex Industries secretly went to Portugal via India soon after a case filed by the ACC against him.
“Siddiqur had taken crores of taka from the company violating the securities rules as it is a listed company,” said Anisur Rahman in his complaints.
Anisur Rahman took over the charge of the company as a director and continued to work as a signatory in all banks and offices as the company’s chairman, he said.
He is still a shareholder director and chairman of Simtex Industries as per RJSC documents and court order, Anisur Rahman claimed.
Siddiqur’s son Neaz Rahman Shaqib is the managing director of Simtex. He also left the country with his father, according to him.
“But Shaqib suddenly returned to the country a few weeks ago and asked me to resign. He threatened my life if I don’t do that.”
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) recently filed some cases against the ex-NRB Global Bank Managing Director Prashanta Kumar Halder, alias PK Halder, and FAS Finance’s former Chairman Md Siddiqur Rahman on allegations of accumulating huge illegal wealth.
The ACC wrote to the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) seeking the repatriation of PK Halder, who is currently in prison in India.
It filed 11 cases against Siddiqur Rahman in a court seeking an order barring him from leaving the country. The High Court has frozen all his shares and accounts, according to the complaints.
“Without any official order and in the instruction of Siddiqur, his son returned to the country and suddenly elected Major General (Retd) Md Sarwar Hossain as the chairman on August 17 this year,” said Anisur Rahman.
“I’ve been forced to leave the factory by the company’s new chairman, Shaqib. Soon after the incident, I filed two general dairies against them in Savar and Pallabi police stations,” he said.
A top BSEC official said that the commission is investing in the issue. “Any measures will be taken to protect the investors’ interests.”
Shaqib could not be contacted for the comment after several attempts.
On Sunday, Simtex Industries’ share gained 3.47 per cent to Tk 17.9 on the Dhaka Stock Exchange.
The Savar-based textile factory paid out a 4 per cent cash dividend to its shareholders for the year ended on June 30, 2021. It reported EPS of Tk 0.92 and consolidated NAV per share of Tk 21.82 during the period.
