Law-&-Order
HC rejects bail to 'Golden Monir' in money laundering case
The High Court on Monday rejected bail appeal of vehicle and gold trader Monir Hossain alias Golden Monir in a money laundering case.
A division bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Kazi Ejarul Haque Akondo passed the order dismissing a rule issued in this regard.
The court also directed the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police to submit the investigation report of the case within three months.
Lawyer Kamrul Islam appeared for Monir during the hearing while Deputy Attorney General AKM Amin Uddin Manik represented the state.
DAG Amin Uddin Manik said the court issued a rule on the bail on December 15, last year.
The investigation officer in the case CID Inspector Mohammad Sadek appeared before court on Monday and said it will take three more months to submit a report as there are many asset documents that need to be collected in this case.
READ: Court frames charges against Golden Monir in arms case
On November 20, 2020, RAB surrounded Monir's house in the capital's Badda. During the eight-hour operation, almost 7 Kg gold jewelry, foreign pistols, liquor, huge amounts of foriegn currency from 10 countries and Tk 1.9 crore cash were seized from the house.
Last year on December 10, Golden Monir was sent to jail after being remanded for 27 days in three separate cases under the arms, special powers and narcotics laws.
On May 11, last year, CID Inspector Md Ibrahim Hossain filed a case with Banani police station against 10 people including Monir for money laundering.
The complaint said CID has information about Tk 791 crore in assets belonging to Monir.
Breaching copyright law by Banglalink: Hearing on charge framing in 2 cases on May 26
A Dhaka court on Monday fixed May 26 for hearing on charge framing in two cases filed country’s rock icon James and band Miles against private mobile service operator Banglalink for breaching the copyright law.
Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Court Judge KM Imrul Kayes passed the order following defendant’s lawyer’s petition to defer the hearing.
The accused in the cases are- Erik Aas, chief executive officer of Banglalink Digital Communication ltd, Nurul Alam, chief digital officer Sanjay Vaghasia, its chief compliance officer, Taimur Rahman, chief corporate regulatory affairs officer and Anik dhar, head of VAS.
Also read:4 Banglalink officials get bail in case filed by James
Earlier on November 10, last year, Faruq Mahfuz Anam alias James appeared before Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate KM Emrul Kayesh and lodged the complaint against mobile operator Banglalink under section 71/82/91 over copyright issue.
Besides, Hamin Ahmed and Manam Ahmed of Miles band lodged another complaint with the same court against Banglalink over the copyright issue.
After the recording of James’ statement, the Magistrate asked five officials of Banglalink to appear before his court on November 30 and explain their role.
Mizanur Rahman Mamun, lawyer of James and Miles band, said Banglalink has been using six songs of James along with “Nila Tumi”,”Firiye Dao” by Miles as welcome tune, ring tone, caller tune and in advertisement for the last 14 years without their permission from 2007-2021, violating the copyright law.
Also read: James sues Banglalink for “breaching” copyright law
The operator was asked verbally first and later was sent legal notice to remove those songs.
They were also sent notice through three ministries but as they did not remove them the plaintiff’s appeared before court for justice failing to lodge a complaint with police, said Mizanur Rahman Mamun.
Samrat gets bail in drugs case, but cannot walk out of jail
A Dhaka court on Monday granted bail to expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat in a case filed under the Narcotics Control Act.
Dhaka 7th Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Tehsin Iftekhar passed the order after Samrat’s counsel Ehsanul Haque Shomaji appealed for his bail.
Also read:Expelled Jubo League leader Samrat gets bail in arms and money laundering cases
On Sunday, Samrat secured bail in an arms case and a money laundering case filed against him.
However, Samrat will not be able to walk out of jail as he is yet to get bail in a graft case filed by Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), said Samrat’s counsel.
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: Court accepts charges against expelled Jubo League leader Samrat
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.
The 100-crore heist: Writ seeks judicial inquiry into illegal transfer of govt hospital nurses
A writ petition was filed with the High Court on Sunday seeking judicial inquiry into the transfer of nurses working in various government hospitals in the country.
Supreme Court lawyers Barrister Mohammad Humayun Kabir Pallab, Barrister Mohammad Kawsar and Barrister Mohammad Majeedul Quader, on behalf of ‘Law and Life Foundation’, filed the writ petition.
It is likely to be presented before the HC bench of Justice Md Mozibur Rahman Miah and Justice Khizir Hayat in this week, said Barrister Humayun Kabir.
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At the same time, the writ petition sought appropriate legal action against the culprits and refund of Tk 100 crore transacted in the transfers by forming a judicial inquiry committee headed by a retired High Court judge.
Chairman of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), Secretary of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Director General of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), Director General of the Directorate General of Nursing and Midwifery, the accused in the syndicate concerned Md Jamal Uddin and the Governor of Bangladesh Bank were made respondents in the writ petition.
According to the writ, about four thousand nurses were transferred in the three months of September, October and November last year and it has been alleged that a syndicate has embezzled around Tk 100 crore through that transfer business.
The writ also included a report published in a daily on February 7 where it is stated that a specific syndicate is conducting the nurse transfer business.
Also read: HC questions temporary dismissal of govt employee accused in criminal case
A man named Jamal Uddin from Kushtia allegedly formed the syndicate by introducing himself as a relative of a high-ranking official of the Directorate General of Nursing and Midwifery, reads the report.
Tk 100 crore from the transfer trade was deposited in the accounts of him and his relatives from different districts.
Expelled Jubo League leader Samrat gets bail in arms and money laundering cases
Expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat secured bail in an arms case and a money laundering case filed against him at the capital’s Ramna police station on Sunday.
Dhaka Metropolitan Special Tribunal-2 Judge Faysal Atik Bin Kader passed the order in the arms case and Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Tofazzal Hossain passed the order in the money laundering case during hearings.
Samrat was produced in court for hearing on a remand appeal in the money laundering case on Sunday from Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital.
Also read: Court accepts charges against expelled Jubo League leader Samrat
On March 24, 2021, Mehedi Maksud, inspector of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police and investigation officer in the case appealed for three days in remand to interrogate Samrat in this case.
After that, the remand hearing was deferred several times as court activities were suspended during Covid-19 induced lockdown and Samrat was admitted to hospital for illness.
Advocate Ehsanul Haque Shomaji appeared for the accused while Public Prosecutor Azad Rahman opposed him representing the state during the hearing.
Advocate Ehsanul Haque Shomaji said, “Samrat got bail in two cases but there are two more cases filed against him. He can step out of jail after securing bail in narcotic and graft case filed by Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC)”
On October 6 in 2019, Rab arrested Samrat and his associate Enamul Haque Arman from Chauddagram in Cumilla.
Also read: Court sets Jan 10 for framing charges against Samrat in graft case
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 arms and narcotic 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.
On November 12, ACC filed a case against him for acquiring assets worth Tk 2.94 crore beyond his known sources of income.
Lastly, 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.
4 to die for murder in Rajshahi
A Rajshahi court on Sunday sentenced four people to death for killing a man in 2021.
Judge Anup Kumar of the Rajshahi Speedy Trial Tribunal pronounced the judgment.
Also read:2 to die for 2017 underworld murder in Khulna
The convicts are Badal Mandal, 46, of Shampur Paschimpara village in Niamatpur upazila of Naogaon, Bimal Singh, 50, of Enayetpur Chorkhair village in Tanore upazila, his wife Anjali Rani, 45, and son Subodh Singh, 28.
The court also fined them Tk 10,000 each
According to the case statement, Prakash Singh, 20, son of Nirmal Singh of Enayetpur Chorkhair village and a cleaning staff at a sweetmeat shop in Rajshahi, was found dead near Banshidharpur bridge in Tanore upazila with wound marks.
Father of Nirmal filed a case at Tanore police station in this regard.
Also read:4 to die for killing three-wheeler driver in Khulna
Convict Badal Mandal had an extramarital affair with Anjali Rani.
As Prakash came to know about their secrete relationship he was killed in a planned way.
Money laundering: HC to hear ACC’s appeal against ex-DIG Mizan’s acquittal
The High Court on Sunday accepted for hearing the appeal of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) challenging suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Mizanur Rahman’s acquittal of the money laundering charges.
A bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Kazi Md Ejarul Haque Akondo passed the order and summoned the documents of the case.
The two appeals will be heard together with Mizan’s appeal against the sentence in bribery case.
Also read: Bribery case: HC to hear ex-DIG Mizan’s appeal seeking acquittal
Lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan appeared for the ACC while Deputy Attorney General AKM Amin Uddin Manik and Assistant Attorney General Anna Khanam Kali represented the state.
Khurshid said the lower court had acquitted former DIG Mizan of money laundering charges. “Later, we appealed to the High Court seeking punishment in that charge.”
“ACC director Khandaker Enamul Basir was sentenced to five years in prison and fined Tk 80 lakh under the money laundering act. However, Mizanur Rahman was acquitted under this section,” he added.
On April 6, the HC accepted for hearing the appeal of former DIG Mizan’s seeking acquittal in a bribery case.
The court sentenced ACC director Basir to eight years imprisonment with Tk 80 lakh fine and Mizan to three years.
Basir was sentenced to three years jail term for bribery and five-year jail term under money laundering act but he will have to spend five years in prison as the two punishments will be served simultaneously, said the court.
DIG Mizan was an additional commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP). He was withdrawn on January 9, 2019 following the allegation of threatening a female news presenter of a private television channel.
He had also reportedly married a woman forcibly and tortured her. Mizan allegedly abducted the 25-year-old woman in July, 2017 and then forcibly married her.
He had also implicated her in a false case whereby she was arrested and remained in jail for three weeks.
On June 24 in 2019, ACC director Monjur Morshed filed the case against DIG Mizan, his wife Sohelia Anar Ratna, nephew sub-inspector Mahmudul Hasan and younger brother Mahbubur Rahman.
According to the case statement, the ACC found that DIG Mizan concealed information of wealth worth Tk 3.7 crore in his wealth statement.
Then director of ACC Enamul Basir was made the investigation officer in the case.
Also read:Suspended DIG Mizan, ACC director Enamul Basir indicted
During the investigation DIG Mizan accused Basir of claiming Tk 40 lakh as bribe for acquitting him from the charges.
Following the allegation, another ACC director Monjur Morshed was made the investigation officer in the case, withdrawing Basir.
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, Sheikh Mohammad Fanafillah filed the case over the bribery scandal against Mizan and Basir.
On April 16, 2020, a Dhaka court indicted the two and directed the official beginning of the trial in this case.
Kishoreganj Murder: Fugitive accused held in Chattogram
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested a fugitive convict in a murder case from Hathazari upazila of Chattogram district on Thursday. The arrestee is Laili, 25, wife of Nazrul Islam of Bir Kamatkhali area of Nandail upazila in Mymensingh. Nurul Abshar, senior assistant director of RAB-7, said on Friday, that acting on a tip-off, the elite force conducted a special drive in the area and nabbed Laili.
Read: 6 fraud gang members involved in making 144 types of fake certificates held According to RAB, a gang of 10 to 12 members went to rob a house in Sadar upazila of Kishoreganj in 2015. After looting a large amount of money and gold ornaments, they killed the owner of the house and tried to hide the body. Later, a case was filed at Kishoreganj police station in this regard. However, police managed to arrest some of the robbers, but one of the accused in the case, Laili, remained absconding for 7 years. The arrestee will be handed over to the concerned police station, Rab official added.
6 fraud gang members involved in making 144 types of fake certificates held
Detectives have arrested six members of a fraud gang, including a fake vice-chancellor of a university, who were involved in making fake certificates from their office in Paramount Tower in the city’s Malibagh area.
The arrestees were Dr Md Nurul Haque Sarkar alias Sheikhg Gani Sarkar,72, who used to sell fake certificates of Premier University of Technology and his assistant Md Moazzem Hossain,58 and four fake doctors- Dr Md Saidur Rahman alias Najrul,30, Md Mahfuzur Rahman alias Mahfuz, 37, Dr Md Aman Ullah,38, and Debashish Kundu,52.
Read: Sohel Chowdhury murder: Accused Ashish sent to jail in narcotic case
Accused Nurul Haque along with his family members and others formed the gang which used to make counterfeit certificates of 144 types. They used to sell them without any class and examination, according to a Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) press release on Thursday.
The gang had been selling fake certificates of Premiere University of Technology for the last two decades.
To cheat people the gang was using a fake website, attractive ads in different newspapers, social media platforms, computerized photos of the university campus which does not exist, fake order from the Ministry of Home Affairs, counterfeit writ petition to the High Court, said the DMP release.
Wari zonal team of Detective Branch of DMP led by Md Abu Ashraf Siddequi, Additional Deputy Commissioner of police made the arrests during a special drive in the city.
Read: HC orders probe into allegations against E-orange
Huge fake certificates, testimonial, transcripts, admit card, seal, bank cheque, leaflets, paper cutting with advertisement of providing certificates, Nabadiganta Diagonostic Center and Doctor’s Chamber’s copy, computer, printer used for making fake certificates were seized during the arrest.
Sohel Chowdhury murder: Accused Ashish sent to jail in narcotic case
A Dhaka court on Thursday sent Ashish Roy Chowdhury alias Bottle Chowdhury, a charge-sheeted accused in actor Sohel Chowdhury murder case, to jail in a narcotics case.
Dhaka Metropolitan magistrate Syed Mostafa Reza Nur passed the order and fixed April 10 to hear his bail petition.
The court passed the order after Shamim Hossain, Sub-Inspector of Gulshan police station and investigation officer in the case, produced the accused before the court in a case filed under Narcotic Control Act and appealed to keep him jail until the completion of investigation.
Meanwhile, defence lawyer advocate Selim Ashraf Chowdhury appealed for bail on behalf of the accused.
Also read: Ashish reveals motive of actor Sohel killing: Rab
On Tuesday night, Ashish, absconding accused of actor Sohel Chosendhury murder case, was arrested by Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) from a house in Gulshan in the city.
During the arrest, bottles of foreign liquor were seized from his house .
Jahangir Alam, Deputy Assistant Director of Rab-10 filed a case under the Narcotics Control Act against Ashish after the seizure.
On 9 December, 1998, actor Sohel Chowdhury was shot dead outside the now defunct Tramps Club, housed in Abedin Tower in Banani’s Road 17.
A murder case was filed in this regard at Gulshan police station followed by a complaint lodged by Sohel’s brother Towhidul Islam Chowdhury.
Also read: Actor Sohel Chowdhury murder: accused held after 24 years
On 30 July, 1999, Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police submitted a charge sheet against nine people including Ashish in this case.
On 30 October, 2001, Dhaka’s third additional metropolitan session judge court framed charges against the nine accused. After two years of indictment, the case was transferred to Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal.