Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police on Tuesday evening interrogated the chairman and chief executive officer of DATCO Group Moosa bin Shamsher for his alleged involvement with the arrested fake additional secretary Abdul Quader Chowdhury.
Moosa along with his family went to the DB office in the afternoon and he was interrogated for more than three hours.
Briefing reporters afterwards, DMP Joint Commissioner (DB-North) Harun-ur-Rashid said that businessman Moosa bin Shamsher cannot avoid responsibility for the offences of fraudster Abdul Quader.
He allegedly appointed Quader as his legal adviser and also gave him a cheque of Tk 20 crore. Evidence of Abdul Quader's frequent contact with him has been found, he said.
Though the detectives had asked Moosa bin Shamsher to meet in the DB office on Sunday, he did not go there on the day.
Instead, his son lawyer Jubi Musa went to the DB office and gave information responding DB's query.
As the detectives were not satisfied over his answers, they called Moosa bin Shamsher and his family members to visit DB office on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, talking to reporters after his questioning was over, Moosa bin Shamsher told reporters that Abdul Quader went to his office and presented himself as an additional secretary and gave him a printed fake card.
"He took pictures with me at different times and he would occasionally sit with me and talk to high government officials. I believed that he (Abdul Quader) was an additional secretary. But later it was proved that he is not an additional secretary, he is a fake," the business tycoon said.
"If someone wants to take a picture, I can't say no to him," he added.
"If someone cheats showing my picture, I can't take the responsibility for that."
Replying to a question, he said that the detectives questioned him about Abdul Quader and he clarified everything he knew.
He also claimed that the DB was satisfied with his statement.
With regards to appointing Quader as a legal adviser, Moosa flatly denied it: "Abdul Quader lied. He was not my legal adviser."
