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HC rejects Ex-DIG Mizan’s bail plea in graft case
The High Court on Tuesday rejected the bail plea of suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Mizanur Rahman in a case filed by Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) for amassing illegal wealth as a rule issued on his bail was not pressed.
A HC bench of Justice SM Kuddus Zaman and Justice Md Riaz Uddin Khan rejected the bail plea.
Although Mizan was granted bail on April 13 after appealing against a three-year sentence in a bribery case, he will not be able to walk out of jail as he was denied bail in the graft case.
Barrister Mahbub Shafiq appeared for the bail plea in the court while Lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan for the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
Earlier, the High Court had issued a rule questioning why he should not be granted bail in the case.
On February 23, Dhaka Special Judge Court-4 Sheikh Nazmul Alam sentenced Mizanur Rahman and suspended ACC director Khandaker Enamul Basir to three and eight years in jail respectively in the case.
READ: HC issues rule on extending ex- DIG Mizan’s sentence in bribery case
Later Mizan and Basir moved to the High Court against the order.
On April 13, HC granted two-month bail to Mizan against which ACC appealed to the appellate division.
The corruption case dates back to June 24, 2019, when ACC director Manjur Morshed lodged a complaint against the disgraced DIG, his wife Sohelia Anar Ratna, nephew sub-inspector Mahmudul Hasan and younger brother Mahbubur Rahman.
According to the case statement, Mizan accumulated wealth worth Tk 3.28 crore beyond his known sources of income. On the other hand, he had declared wealth worth Tk 3.7 crore in his tax statement.
Then director of ACC, Basir, was made the investigating officer in the case.
During the probe, Mizan had accused Basir of demanding Tk 40 lakh as bribe for setting the case, prompting the Commission to appoint director Monjur Morshed as the investigating officer in the case.
At the same time, a three-member probe body was formed, led by ACC director Sheikh Mohammad Fanafillah, to look into the allegations of bribery.
On July 16, 2019, Fanafillah lodged a complaint against both Mizan and Basir. And on April 16, 2020, a Dhaka court indicted the two and directed the official beginning of the trial in the case.
Samrat denied bail in graft case, cannot walk out of jail
A Dhaka court on Wednesday turned down the bail petition of expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat in a graft case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
Al Asad Md Asifuzzaman, Judge of Dhaka Special Judge Court-6, rejected the bail petition filed by Samrat’s counsel Ehsanul Haque Shomaji.
Also read:Samrat gets bail in drugs case, but cannot walk out of jail
During the hearing, Samrat’s counsel told the court that Samrat had undergone bypass surgery in 1996. “He is very ill and has no chance to flee the country.”
On the other hand, ACC Public Prosecutor Mosharraf Hossain Kajal opposed bail.
Now, Samrat will not be able to walk out of jail due to the judgment, said Samrat’s counsel.
Earlier, he secured bail in drugs case on Monday and in an arms case and a money laundering case on Sunday.
Samrat has been undergoing treatment at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) Hospital since November 24 last year.
On October 6 in 2019, Rab arrested Samrat and his associate Enamul Haque Arman from Chauddagram in Cumilla.
Rab later raided his Kakrail office on that day. Huge quantities of foreign liquor, pistols, and two hides of kangaroo were seized from his office.
He was later sentenced by a mobile court to six months in prison under the Wildlife Conservation Act and was sent to jail the same day.
On October 7, Abdul Khaleque, Deputy Assistant Director of Rab-1 filed two cases against Samrat at Ramna police station under the Arms and the Narcotics Act. Arman was also made accused in the narcotic case.
On November 4, Shekhar Chandra Mallik, Sub Inspector of Rab-1 submitted a charge sheet against Samrat in the arms case.
Also read: Expelled Jubo League leader Samrat gets bail in arms and money laundering cases
On November 12, ACC filed a case against him for acquiring assets worth Tk 2.94 crore beyond his known sources of income.
On September 12, 2020, Rashedur Rahman, Sub-Inspector of CID filed a case against him at Ramna police station for laundering Tk 195 crore to Malaysia and Singapore.
Lastly, on November 26 last year, the investigation officer of the case, Jahangir Alam, submitted a charge sheet before the court.
Court accepts charges against expelled Jubo League leader Samrat
A Dhaka Court on Tuesday accepted the charges against expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat in a graft case.
Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge KM Imrul Kayesh accepted the chargesheet in the case in presence of Samrat and ordered the transfer of the case to Dhaka Special Judge's Court-6.
The court also fixed March 31 for hearing on charge framing and his bail petition.
Read: Court sets Jan 10 for framing charges against Samrat in graft case
Earlier in the morning, Samrat was taken to the court from Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) Hospital where he was undergoing treatment for different ailments.
On March 7, Samrat’s lawyer Ehsanul Haque Samaji appealed for his bail. The court then fixed today for hearing on charge framing and bail.
According to the case, Samrat was accused of acquiring assets worth Tk 2.94 crore beyond his known sources of income. A Deputy Director of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed the case against him on November 12 in 2019.
On November 26 last year, the investigation officer of the case, Jahangir Alam, submitted a charge sheet before the court.
Read: Court sets Nov 30 for framing charges against Samrat in arms, drug cases
On October 6 in 2019, Rab arrested Samrat and his associate Enamul Haque Arman from Chauddagram in Cumilla.
Rab later raided his Kakrail office on that day. A huge quantities of foreign liquor, pistols and two hides of kangaroo were seized from his office.
He was later sentenced by a mobile court to six months in prison under the Wildlife Conservation Act and was sent to jail the same day.
ACC filed graft case against former chief revenue officer of DSCC
The Anti- Corruption Commission (ACC) on Sunday filed a case against the former chief revenue officer of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Yusuf Ali Sardar for illegally earning around TK 1.39 crore.
The case was filed at Dhaka Coordinated Office of the ACC after the investigation.
Read: DSCC engineer sacked for graft
Deputy Director of ACC Public relation office Muhammad Arif Sadeq told UNB that Deputy Director Syed Nazrul Islam filed the case.
According to the case statement, ACC found the TK 3 crore 34 lakh 43 thousand belonging to Sardar while his earning from legal source should be TK 1. 95 crore.
Ex-OC Pradeep appeals to HC challenging indictment order in graft case
Pradeep Kumar Das, former OC of Teknaf Police Station, has filed a petition in the High Court seeking the cancellation of an indictment order in a case over acquiring wealth illegally.
Advocate Masud Alam filed the petition on behalf of OC Pradeep, confirmed Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan on Sunday.
The petition also sought the suspension of the judicial proceedings of the case.
On December 15 last year, a Chattogram court indicted Pradeep in this case.
Also read: Court indicts ex-OC Pradeep in a graft case
Earlier on September 1, the court accepted a charge sheet in the graft case against the sacked OC and his wife Chumki.
ACC Chittagong Assistant Director Md Riaz Uddin submitted the charge sheet on July 26.
However, Chumki has been absconding since Pradeep's arrest.
On August 23 in 2020 ACC filed the case against Pradeep, now in jail and undergoing trial in Major (retd) Sinha murder case, and his wife for amassing wealth worth Tk 4 crore.
ACC sources said the anti-graft watchdog’s investigation against Pradeep started in 2018.
On April 20 last year, Pradeep and his wife were asked to submit their wealth statement and they submitted their wealth statements in June that year.
Also read: Ex-OC Pradeep denied bail again in ACC case
After a long investigation, the ACC found evidence that the couple acquired assets worth more than Tk 4 crore illegally.
On July 31 in 2020, Sinha was shot dead at the Shamlapur police check-post in Baharchhara Union of Cox's Bazar while returning to town after filming for a documentary.
On August 5, Sinha's sister, Sharmin Shahriar Ferdous, filed a case with Teknaf Senior Judicial Magistrate Court accusing nine members of law enforcement agencies of being involved in the killing, including Pradeep Kumar Das and Baharchhara police outpost inspector Liakat Ali.
On December 13, 2020, Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) submitted a charge sheet against 15 people, including police source Ayaz and three APBn members, in connection with the case filed over Sinha's murder at a checkpost manned by APBn, where officers of the Teknaf police station intercepted Sinha's car.
ACC files graft case against 3 Krishi Bank officials and two others
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Wednesday night filed a case against five people, including three officials of Bangladesh Krishi Bank, for allegedly embezzling Tk 6.5 lakh from the 40-day Employment Program for the extreme Poor (UGPP) project using fake names of workers.
Nurul Islam, the agency's assistant director, filed the case at the ACC's Chittagong-2 integrated district office the public relations department of the ACC informed.
The accused are - Chairman of Dantmara Union Parishad of Fatikchhari, Chittagong Mohammad Jane Alam, Tag Officer of UGPP Project of, Department of Public Health Engineers Pranbesh Mahajan, Manager of Fatikchhari Branch of Bangladesh Kashi Bank Muhammad Azizul Haque, former officer Sujit Kumar Nath and former cashier Abul Kashem.
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According to the case file, Dantmara Union Parishad misappropriated TK 6 lakh 56 thousand by using the names of 41 workers at the rate of TK200 per day for the first and second phase of the first 60 days of the 2015-2016 fiscal.
In this case, the accused created fake workers and fake master roll in the project, opened fake accounts in the name of the workers and withdrew money in the name of the workers.
A total of 6 projects were implemented in the 2015-2016 fiscal under the 40-day Employment Program (UGPP) for the extremely poor while the total amount allocated TK 59 lakh 4 thousand during the year.
Graft case: HC rejects ex-MP Bodi's plea challenging indictment order
The High Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal of former Cox’s Bazar MP Abdur Rahman Bodi seeking the cancellation of indictment order in a graft case.
The HC bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Judge Md Mostafizur Rahman rejected the petition saying the petition was not placed properly.
Read:Ex-MP Bodi indicted in corruption case
It also ordered quick disposal of the case in a magistrate court.
Advocate Khurshid Alam Khan appeared for the Anti-Corruption Corporation (ACC) while Deputy Attorney General AKM Amin Uddin Manik for the state and Advocate ARM Hasanuzzaman for the accused.
Advocate Khurshid Alam Khan said Bodi had sought exemption from charge framing but the lower court rejected his appeal. The accused later filed a petition with the High Court.
On December 17, 2007, ACC filed the case against Bodi on charges of concealing information of assets worth Tk 57,11,500 and acquiring wealth illegally worth Tk 79,37,797.
Read: Ex-MP Bodi infected with coronavirus
In 2017, the proceedings of the case started after a long delay.
On September 13, 2020, a Chattogram court ordered charge framing against him in the case rejecting his plea for exemption. Bodi appealed to the High Court for the cancellation of the order.
Court indicts ex-OC Pradeep in a graft case
A Chattogram court on Wednesday indicted former OC of Teknaf Police Station Pradeep Kumar Das in a case over acquiring wealth illegally paving the way for his trial.
Chattogram Divisional Judge Munshi Abdul Majid framed the charges against Pradeep and fixed January 17 for hearing witnesses.
Earlier on September 1, the court accepted a charge sheet in the graft case against the sacked OC and his wife Chumki.
Read: Ex-OC Pradeep denied bail again in ACC case
ACC Chittagong Assistant Director Md Riaz Uddin submitted the charge sheet on July 26.
However, Chumki has been absconding since Pradeep's arrest.
ACC filed the case against Pradeep, now in jail and undergoing trial in Major (retd) Sinha murder case, and his wife for amassing wealth worth Tk 4 crore on August 23 in 2020.
ACC sources said the anti-graft watchdog’s investigation against Pradeep started in 2018.
Read:Graft case: Court orders confiscating properties of Ex-OC Pradeep, wife
On April 20 last year, Pradeep and his wife were asked to submit their wealth statement and they submitted their wealth statements in June that year.
After a long investigation, the ACC found evidence that the couple acquired assets worth more than Tk 4 crore illegally.
ACC lodges graft case against a Titas gas company sales assistant, his wife
The Anti- Corruption Commission ( ACC) on Monday filed a case against an official of Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited Syed Ayez Uddin Ahmed and his wife for alleged misappropriation of TK 1 crore 3 lakh.
Also read: ACC sues ex-jailer Sohel Rana for misappropriating Tk 2.74 cr
The case was filed with Dhaka Coordinated Office,ACC-1 primary investigation found evidence, ACC Deputy Director of ACC Public relation office Muhammad Arif Sadeq told UNB.
According to the case, sales assistant Syed Ayez and his wife Shahana Bilkis submitted their asset statement of TK 1 crore 17 lakh, which is much higher than their known source of income.
Also read: ACC sues Barguna’s Amtoli municipality mayor, wife
Court sets Jan 10 for framing charges against Samrat in graft case
A Dhaka Court on Monday fixed January 10 for framing charges against expelled Jubo League leader and casino kingpin Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat in graft case.
The case was scheduled to be heard in the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge KM Imrul Kayesh on Monday. However, the prison authorities sent a custody warrant without appearing in court as Samrat was ill.
The court then fixed January 10 for holding the hearing on the charge sheet.
Read:Court sets Nov 30 for framing charges against Samrat in arms, drug cases
Subhash Kumar Ghosh, senior jail superintendent of Keraniganj Central Jail, said in the custody warrant that Samrat has been undergoing treatment in Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) Hospital since November 24 last year. And so, it was not possible to produce him in court.
Earlier on Wednesday, the court issued a production warrant and ordered the prison authorities to produce Samrat before it on October 25 in a graft case.
According to the case, Samrat was accused of acquiring assets worth Tk 2.94 crore beyond his known sources of income. The Deputy Director of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed the case against him on November 12 in 2019.
On November 26 last year, the investigation officer of the case, Jahangir Alam, submitted a charge sheet before the court.
Read: Rab presses charges against Samrat, Arman in drug case
On October 6 in 2019, Rab arrested Samrat and his associate Enamul Haque Arman from Chauddagram in Cumilla. Rab later raided his Kakrail office on that day. During this time large quantities of foreign liquor, pistols and two hides of kangaroo were seized from his office.
He was later sentenced by a mobile court to six months in prison under the Wildlife Conservation Act and was sent to jail the same day.