Bangladesh News

Three extortion, cheating and forgery cases have been filed against BNP leader and former state minister for communications Salahuddin Ahmed and his wife Hasina Ahmed, former BNP lawmaker MAH Salim and controversial businessman Giasuddin Al Mamun.
Salahuddin Ahmed and his wife Hasina Ahmed deprived the government of a handsome amount of tax showing very nominal prices for their three luxurious cars, Sub-Inspector (SI) Faruq Hossain of Gulshan Police Station said in the case filed against the couple with the police station on Sunday.

Salahuddin and his wife had three luxurious cars — each worth Tk 50 lakh but to evade tax, they prepared false documents showing those cars sold, SI Faruq said.

They again showed those vehicles as purchased at Tk 1 lakh each, forging signatures of those who they showed as the buyers and sellers of the cars, the SI said, adding that he found the anomalies while checking the documents of the vehicles.

CASE AGAINST SALIM
Major (retd) AKM Masud Parvez, executive director of Channel 1, filed a case against former BNP lawmaker and former chairman of the television channel MAH Salim for cheating him Tk 8 lakh.

The complainant in the case statement mentioned that Salim forged his signature and withdrew the money on February 5 from his account at the Gulshan Branch of City Bank, police said, adding money earned from advertisement used to be deposited in the account.

CASE AGAINST MAMUN
Contractor Mir Zahir filed the extortion case against Mamun, close friend and business partner of former premier Khaleda Zia’s son Tarique Rahman, and six others with Dhanmondi Police Station for extorting Tk 53 lakh from him.

The complainant in his case statement said that Mamun and his six other cohorts forced him to pay the toll on March 14 and April 27 in 2004.

The other accused in the case are Abdul Kader, Kamrul, Mahbub, Hablu, Mota Tareq and Manik.

Mamun, now on police remand in an extortion case, is already facing four extortion charges.

Meanwhile, a Dhaka court yesterday placed former BNP lawmaker from Demra Salahuddin Ahmed on a three-day remand in connection with a case filed with Dhanmondi Police Station on March 7 on charge of embezzling Tk 30 lakh from a real estate company.

The former BNP lawmaker was earlier taken on seven days’ remand in four phases in as many cases.