BSB Global Network Chairman Bashar on 10-day remand

A Dhaka court has placed Md Khairul Bashar (Bahar), chairman of foreign education consultancy firm BSB Global Network, on a 10-day remand in a case filed over embezzling crores of Taka from individuals by falsely promising overseas higher education opportunities.

Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sanaullah passed the order after police produced the 51-year old before the court and sought a 10-day remand for interrogation.

Bashar was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) from the city's Dhanmondi area on July 14.

According to case documents, Bashar and his associates allegedly swindled around Taka 18.29 crore from 141 people by promising to send them to countries such as the United States, Canada, and Australia on student visas.

CID investigators said the total embezzled amount could exceed Taka 53 crore, involving at least 448 victims and the number is expected to rise as the investigation progresses.

Several cases have already been filed against Bashar and his accomplices on charges of fraud and embezzlement.