graft case
Laxmipur UP chairman Selim Khan gets anticipatory bail in graft case
The High Court (HC) today (September 14, 2022) granted anticipatory bail to controversial Laxmipur UP chairman Md Selim Khan for four weeks in a graft case.
The HC bench of Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif and Justice Biswajit Debnath passed the order.
The court also asked him to surrender before the trial court after four weeks.
Read: HC directs Laxmipur UP Chairman Selim Khan to surrender within 3 weeks
Advocate Momtaz Uddin Fakir appeared for Salim Khan at the court while Advocate Khorshed Alam Khan appeared for the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
Selim Khan’s counsel submitted the bail petition on Tuesday.
On August 14, HC asked Selim to surrender to the trial court within three weeks in a case filed over acquiring Tk 34 crore illegal assets through unauthorised sand extraction.
On August 1, ACC’s assistant director Ataur Rahman filed the case against Selim Khan for acquiring the assets illegally.
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According to the complaint, Selim Khan acquired assets worth Tk 34,53, 81,119 beyond his known source of income and he concealed information about his assets .
On August 8, the Appellate Division ruled that Md Selim Khan must pay a huge amount in royalties against sand extraction from the Meghna river banks.
It said since 2016, writ petitioner Selim Khan had been extracting sand from the Meghna River in Chandpur Sadar and Haimchar illegally, causing the government to incur a huge losses.
HC rejects Hallmark chairperson’s bail plea in graft case
The High Court on Tuesday rejected the bail plea of Hallmark Group chairperson Jasmine Islam in a graft case filed over embezzlement of nearly TK 86 crore from a bank.
A division bench of justices Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Khizir Hayat rejected the bail plea of Jasmine.
Advocate Mansurul Haque Chowdhury appeared for the businesswoman, while advocate Khurshid Alam Khan represented the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
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Earlier on March 10, 2019, the High Court granted bail to Jasmine in the case of embezzlement of Tk 85.87 crore from Janata Bank via a fake letter of credit.
Later, the ACC filed a petition challenging the bail order.
After hearing the appeal, the Appellate Division cancelled her bail and asked her to surrender within four weeks, on June 16, the same year.
Jasmine, also the wife of the Hallmark Group managing director Tanvir Mahmud, subsequently surrendered before the lower court and applied for bail in the High Court.
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The High Court then issued a rule over her bail plea.
On November 1, 2016, Joynal Abedin, deputy assistant director of the anti-graft body, filed the case against 16 people, including Jasmine, at Motijheel police station in Dhaka.
Later that day, the ACC arrested her from the capital`s Bangsal area.
SC stays bail of Regent Chairman Shahed in graft case
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday stayed the bail of Regent Hospital Chairman Mohammad Shahed in a corruption case filed on charge of embezzling Tk2.75 crore from Padma Bank (formerly Farmers Bank).
Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division Justice M Enayetur Rahim passed the order after hearing a petition filed by Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
On July 28, the High Court granted permanent bail to Shahed in a corruption case.
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Later, ACC filed a petition challenging the bail order of the High Court.
In 2020, ACC Deputy Director Md Shahjahan Miraj lodged a complaint against four people, including Shahed. Police filed an FIR in this connection.
On July 6, 2020, Rab raided the Uttara and Mirpur branches of Regent Hospital. During the operation, fake Covid test reports, and various irregularities including collection of money from patients in the name of Covid treatment were unveiled.
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On July 15, from the border area of Satkhira, Shahed was arrested by RAB. Shahed has been in jail since then.
More than 36 cases have been filed against Shahed on allegations of different irregularities.
Ex-OC Pradeep gets 20 years in jail in graft case
A Chattogram court on Wednesday sentenced disgraced ex-OC Pradeep Kumar Das to 20 years in jail and his wife Chumki to 21 years for amassing wealth disproportionate to their known sources of income.
Chattogram Divisional Special Judge Munshi Abdul Majid handed down the punishment to the former Teknaf police station in-charge and his wife, and ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to confiscate their properties, said public prosecutor Mahmudul Haque Mahmud.
Pradeep, also a death row convict in the murder case of Major Sinha Mohammad Rashed Khan (retired), is currently lodged in Chattogram district Jail. His wife is also in judicial custody.
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On July 18, the court fixed Wednesday as the judgment day in the case.
On December 15, 2021, the Chattogram court indicted ex-OC Pradeep and his wife in the case. On September 1 last year, the court accepted a chargesheet in the graft case against the former cop and his wife.
ACC Chittagong assistant director Md Riaz Uddin submitted the chargesheet on July 26. The Commission filed the case against the couple for amassing wealth over Tk 4 crore, on August 23 in 2020.
ACC sources said the anti-graft watchdog’s investigation against the disgraced cop started way back in 2018. On April 20 last year, he and his wife were asked to submit their wealth statement which they did in two months.
It may be mentioned here that on July 31, 2020, Major Sinha was shot dead at the Shamlapur police check-post in Baharchhara union of Cox's Bazar on his way back to the town after filming for a documentary.
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On August 5, 2020, Sinha's sister, Sharmin Shahriar Ferdous, filed a case in Teknaf Senior Judicial Magistrate Court accusing nine members of law enforcement agencies of being involved in the killing, including ex-OC Pradeep and Baharchhara police outpost inspector Liakat Ali.
On December 13, the same year, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) submitted a charge-sheet against 15 people, including ex-OC Pradeep, police informer Ayaz and three APBn members, in the case.
On June 27, 2021, the court framed charges against them.
Graft case against DIG Mizan: HC asked to dispose of the case by 6 months
The High Court on Monday asked to dispose of the case filed against suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Mizanur Rahman for amassing illegal wealth within six months.
The HC bench of Justice SM Kuddus Zaman and Justice KM Zahid Sarwar ordered the Dhaka Special Judge Court-6 to dispose of the case.
The court also rejected the bail petition of Mizanur.
Also read: HC rejects Ex-DIG Mizan’s bail plea in graft case
Advocate Mahbub Shafique stood for the petitioner while Advocate Khurshid Alam Khan represented the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
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.
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.
Later Mizan and Basir moved to the High Court against the order.
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.
Also read: HC issues rule on extending ex- DIG Mizan’s sentence in bribery case
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.
Two power officials get 5 yrs in jail in graft case
A court in Barishal has sentenced two engineers of Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB) to five years in jail for amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 1.36 crore.
Barisal's Divisional Special Court judge Mehdi Al Masud handed down the judgment to the convicts -- Lakshmi Narayan Bhuya and Hanif Hossain Gazi of PGCB's Khulna Circle -- on Tuesday.
The court also imposed a whopping fine of Tk 35 lakh on each of them, but acquitted Anwar Hossain, a former security inspector of PGCB, for lack of evidence.
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On August 20, 2017, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed a case against the three for embezzling money from a project.
On January 21, 2018, the investigation officer in the case submitted a chargesheet against them.
Graft case against Tarique, Zubaida: HC asks trial court to dispose of case soon
The High court on Sunday ordered the judicial court to dispose of as soon as possible the case against BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman and his wife Dr Zubaida in a graft case filed by anti-Corruption Commission (ACC)
The HC bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Kazi Md Ejarul Haque Akondo also rejected the couple's writ petitions challenging the corruption case against them for acquiring wealth beyond their known sources of income and concealing wealth in their affidavits.
Read: Verdict on Tarique-Zubaida’s whereabouts on June 26
Khurshid Alam Khan, ACC lawyer said Tarique Rahman is a fugitive convict. So no lawyers can fight on behalf of him.
Besides, the Appellate Division recently declared Zubaida as a fugitive.
As both of them remained fugitive, the court rejected the writ petitions of the duo saying these are not acceptable, he said.
The court also withdrew the stay order on the trial proceedings of the case filed against them.
It also asked to send the documents of the case to the judicial court within 10 days and dispose of it soon.
On June 19, the High Court fixed June 26 for hearing the three writ petitions.
Advocate AJ Mohammad Ali stood for the petitioners while Advocate Khurshid Alam and Deputy Attorney General AKM Amin Uddin Manik represented the ACC and state respectively.
Read: HC defers Tarique-Zubaida’s hearing in corruption case
On September 26, 2007, the ACC lodged a complaint with Kafrul Police against Tarique Rahman, Zubaida and her mother Iqbal Mand Banu for amassing illegal wealth of Tk 4.81 crore and concealing the information.
In the same year, the High Court issued a rule suspending the trial proceedings in the case after hearing a petition filed by Zubaida.
On April 12, 2017, the HC rejected the rule and asked her to surrender before the court within eight weeks.
Expelled JL leader Samrat sent to jail in graft case
A Dhaka court on Tuesday sent expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat to jail upon surrender in a graft case.
Judge Al Asad Md Asifuzzaman of Dhaka Special Judge Court-6 passed the order when Samrat surrendered before the court and sought bail.
Also read: Order cancelling Samrat's bail upheld by Appellate Division
The court also fixed June 9 for hearing on his bail petition in the case.
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday upheld the High Court order that cancelled the bail granted to Samrat in the graft case. Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division Justice M Enayetur Rahim passed the order after hearing a petition filed by Samrat seeking a stay on the High Court order. The petition likely be heard in the regular bench of the Appellate Division on May 30. On May 18, the High Court cancelled the bail granted to Samrat in the graft case. Earlier, on May 16, the ACC filed a petition before the High Court seeking cancellation of the bail of Samrat in the graft case. On May 11, the Dhaka court granted bail to Samrat in the graft case, paving the way for his release from judicial custody. Earlier, the same court turned down his bail plea in the corruption case filed by the ACC twice -- on April 28 and April 13. Samrat secured bail in a drugs case on April 11 and in an Arms Act case and a money laundering case on April 10. The expelled Jubo League leader has been undergoing treatment at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) since November 24 last year. On October 6, 2019, Rab detained Samrat and his associate Enamul Haque Arman from Chauddagram in Cumilla. Rab raided his Kakrail office later 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.
Also read: HC cancels bail of expelled JL leader Samrat On October 7, Abdul Khaleque, deputy assistant director of Rab-1 lodged two complaints against Samrat at Ramna police station under the Arms and the Narcotics Act. Arman was also made an accused in the narcotics case. On November 4, Shekhar Chandra Mallik, a sub-inspector, submitted a chargesheet against Samrat in the Arms Act case. On November 12, the ACC lodged a complaint 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, registered a case against him at the Ramna police station for laundering Tk 195 crore to Malaysia and Singapore. Lastly, on November 26 last year, the investigating officer in the case, Jahangir Alam, submitted a chargesheet in the court.
Graft case: Ex-OC Pradeep’s wife sent to jail on surrender
A Chattogram court on Monday sent Chumki Karon ,wife of ex-OC and death-row convict in Major Sinha (retd) murder case Pradeep Kumar Das, to judicial custody in a case over amassing wealth illegally.
Chattogram Divisional Special Judge Munshi Abdul Majid passed the order after Chumki Karon surrendered before the court and sought bail, said Anti-Corruption Commission’s (ACC) lawyer Mahmudul Haque.
Also read: ACC’s graft case: Recording testimony of ex-OC Pradeep suspended
Chumki Karon remained absconding since the arrest of Pradeep in major (retd) Sinha Mohammed Rashed Khan murder case.
On August 23 in 2020, ACC filed the case against Pradeep and his wife over 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.
After a long investigation, the ACC found evidence that the couple acquired assets worth over Tk 4 crore illegally.
ACC Chittagong Assistant Director Md Riaz Uddin submitted the charge sheet on July 26.On September 1, the court accepted the charge sheet.
Also read: Ex-OC Pradeep appeals to HC challenging indictment order in graft case
On December 15 last year, a Chattogram court indicted Pradeep and wife in the case. On January 30 this year, Pradeep submitted a petition to the HC seeking cancellation of indictment order and judicial proceedings in this case.
The statement recording of this case is continuing.
A Cox’s Bazar court on 31 January sentenced former OC Pradeep and inspector Liaqat to death and six others to life imprisonment in Major Sinha murder case.
Graft case: Haji Salim denied bail; sent to jail
A Dhaka court on Sunday sent Awami League lawmaker Haji Mohammad Salim to jail in a graft case rejecting his bail petition.
Judge of Special Court-7 Shahidul Islam passed the order when he surrendered before the court.
Also read: Graft case: Haji Salim to surrender before court this afternoon
Syed Ahmed Raza, a counsel of Haji Salim, said he surrendered before around 3:20 pm and sought bail in the case.
Haji Salim, who was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in a graft case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission, went to Bangkok for treatment purpose on May 2 and returned home on May 5 that sparked huge controversy.
On February 10, the full text of the High Court’s verdict was published upholding his 10-year imprisonment.
The HC asked him to surrender to the trial court within 30 days of receiving the verdict.
The HC directed the trial court to cancel the bail order of the MP and issue an arrest warrant against him if he does not surrender within the given time.
ACC lawyer Khurshid Alam said, “After this verdict Haji Selim has lost the eligibility to remain an MP according to the article 66 (2) of the Constitution.”
On March 9 last year, HC bench of Justice Md Moinul Islam Chowdhury and Justice AKM Zahirul Huq upheld the lower court order sentencing to 10 years jail after hearing a petition by the ACC.
At the same time, the Dhaka-7 MP was acquitted of a three-year jail term in the same case filed by the ACC for concealing wealth information.
The High Court also reduced the fine imposed on Salim by half to Tk 10 lakh. He will have to spend one more year in jail if he fails to pay the fine.
In 2007, the ACC filed the case against Salim. On April 27, 2008, a Dhaka court jailed him for 13 years and fined Tk 20 lakh.
Salim moved the High Court against the verdict.
Also read: Haji Selim returns home obeying law: Home Minister
In 2011, the court overturned his sentence but the ACC later appealed against the lower court verdict.
Later, the Appellate Division asked the High Court to re-hear the petition.
Irregularities of Salim resurfaced after his son Irfan Selim was arrested for assaulting a navy official in 2020.