Dhaka, May 29 -- Mir Shahidul Islam, the chief of police's Special Branch or SB, confirmed the development to bdnews24.com on Friday.

"They had medical visa. We were unaware that they were accused in a case," said the additional inspector general of police.

Immigration Police, which operate under SB, have received no information on the case from the court or the investigators or any other relevant official, Shahidul said. "We came to know about the case later from the media," he added.

Former army officer Serajul Islam, a director of Exim Bank, started a case against Ron and Dipu with Gulshan police on May 19, saying they had abducted its Managing Director Mohammed Haider Ali Miah and Additional Managing Director Mohammad Feroz Hossain...