A Dhaka court on Monday accepted the chargesheet against 47 people including former general secretary of Faridpur district town unit Awami League Sazzad Hossain Barkat and his brother Imtiaz Hasan Rubel in connection with the Tk 2000 crore money laundering case.
Dhaka Metropolitan Session Judge As-Shams Jaglul Hossain accepted the chargesheet submitted by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID).
Of the chargesheeted accused Barkat, Rubel and AHM Fuad remained in jail.
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Seven accused including the Editor of Dhaka Times Arifur Rahman alias Dolon appeared before the court.
The court also issued warrants for the arrest of 36 chargesheeted accused as they remain absconding.
It also fixed May 30 for submitting all documents related to their arrests, said additional public prosecutor Taposh Kumar Pal.
Earlier on June 22, 2022, CID submitted the supplementary chargesheet against 47 people including Barkat and Rubel after appearing before the Dhaka Special Judge Court-9.
Judge of the court Sheikh Hafizur Rahman sent the case to the Metropolitan Session Judge.
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On March 3, 2021, Uttam Kumar Saha, assistant police commissioner and also the investigating officer of the case submitted chargesheet against ten people in the case.
Later, the court on September 1, 2022, asked CID for further investigation.
The others accused in the case are—Khandaker Mehtesham Hossain Babor, Sattyajit Mukherjee, Nazmul Islam Khandaker Levi, Asibur Rahman Farhan, Fahad Bin Wazed Alias Fahim, Quamrul Hasan Devid, Muhammad Ali Minar, Tariqul Islam alias Nasim, Nishan Mahmud alias Shamim, Billal Hossain, Siddiqur Rahman alias Siddique, Saiful Islam Jibon, Advocate Animesh Roy, Shamsul Alam Chowdhury, Dipak Kumar Majumdar, Sheikh Mahtab Ali, Shahidul Islam alias Majnu, Fakir Md Belayet Gossain, Golam Md Nasim, Jamal Ahmed alias Jamal, Belayet Hossain Molla, Afzal Hossain Khan alias Shiplu, Amitab Bose, Chowdhury Md Hasan, Zafar Iqbal alias Harun Mandal, Afroza Akter Parveen, Soheli Emruz Punum, Saheb Sarwar, Amzad Hossain Babu, Swapan Kumar Pal, Advocate Zahid Bepari, Khalifa Jamal, Hafizul Hossain Tapan, Riaz Ahmed Shanto, Anwar Hossain Abu Fakir, Moniruzzaman Mamun, Mahfuzur Rahman, Sumon Saha, Abdul Jalil Sheikh, Rafique Mandal, Khandaker Shaheen Ahmed alias Pan Shaheen and Afzal Hossain Khan.
On June 26, 2020, SM Miraz Al Mahmud, inspector of CID, filed the Tk 2000 crore money laundering case with Kafrul Police Station.