Salman F Rahman’s dark legacy in the financial world

Salman F Rahman, one of Sheikh Hasina's trusted advisers with a ministerial rank, is now a disgraced suspect held in police custody.

He was arrested in a case over the killing of a shop employee, not for the financial misconduct he was known for.

Salman thrived on financial transgression, with his footprints in the stock market and the banking sector, now one of the beleaguered areas of the economy. Before his downfall, his last target was the country's burgeoning Islamic finance that he used to supercharge his business empire.