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M Naser Rahman
A Sylhet court yesterday sentenced detained former BNP lawmaker M Naser Rahman to nine years in prison in an extortion case.
Three others–Roads and Highways executive engineers Shafiqul Islam and Abdul Khaleque, and district BNP leader Moulavi Wali Siddique–each were given five years’ imprisonment. They have been on the run since filing of the case.
Naser, son of former finance minister Saifur Rahman, copped jail terms of seven years and two years on separate counts. He will have to serve out both the sentences concurrently.
The Third Additional District and Sessions Judge’s Court, Sylhet, however, acquitted Moulvibazar municipality Chairman and district BNP General Secretary Fayezul Karim and Roads and Highways Sub-Divisional Engineer Monwar Sadique on the charges brought against them.
It did not pass any order on Sylhet city BNP chief Ariful Haque Chowdhury, another accused in the case, since a High Court (HC) bench on July 25 stayed the proceedings against him for six months.
The joint forces arrested Naser on February 4 in the beginning of the army-backed caretaker government’s drive against corruption that also saw many other political and business bigwigs detained.
Contractor Nuruzzaman filed the case on February 17 this year.
He alleged that Naser and six others had demanded from him Tk 2 crore on October 10, 2003. Of the accused, Shafiqul, Abdul Khaleque, and Wali Siddique have been on the run since filing of the case.
District and Sessions Judge of Sylhet on 5 August shifted the case to the court of Third Additional District and Sessions Judge Binoy Kumar Majumder for trial.
Both Naser and Ariful Haque were among the first 50 graft suspects announced by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
Nuruzzaman hit the headlines first four years ago when he brought extortion charges against Naser, then a ruling party lawmaker from Moulvibazar Sadar.
He accused the then finance minister’s son and his men of attempts to coerce him into giving them huge sums after he won some contracts under the Roads and Highways department. Soon he was implicated in a number of cases filed allegedly on Naser’s dictates.
Our court correspondent in Dhaka adds: A Dhaka court will decide today whether to accept the charge sheet of a Tk 2.99 crore extortion case against Awami League (AL) chief Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana and their cousin Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim.
Another Dhaka court yesterday issued an arrest warrant against Dhaka City Corporation Ward Commissioner Monwar Hossain Dipjol after the National Board of Revenue (NBR) filed a tax evasion case.
Besides, two other courts rejected bails of detained advocate Sigma Huda in two criminal cases filed with Shahbagh and Tejgaon Police Stations.
After scrutinising the case documents, Metropolitan Magistrate KM Ruhul Amin will pass order on the issue.
Gulshan Police Station Officer-in-Charge Obaidul Haq, also the investigation officer of the case, submitted the charge sheet against Hasina, Rehana and Selim to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court on July 24.
Twenty-four people were shown as prosecution witnesses in the charge sheet.
Azam J Chowdhury, managing director of Eastcoast Trading Pvt Ltd, filed the case with the Gulshan Police Station against Hasina and Sheikh Selim on June 13 for extorting Tk 2.99 crore from him.
Rehana’s name was included in the charge sheet as her involvement with the extortion was found during investigation.
Joint forces arrested the AL chief in connection with the case on July 16 and produced her before a magistrate’s court that sent her to a sub-jail.
Two more extortion cases were filed with Tejgaon Police Station against Hasina on April 9 and June 13.
Besides, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Sunday filed a case with the same police station against Hasina and six others for taking bribe.
DIPJOL CASE
Metropolitan Sessions Judge Mohammad Azizul Haq passed an arrest warrant against Dipjol after Mohammad Muhtasibur Rahman, deputy tax commissioner of the NBR, filed a case.
Muhtasibur said Dipjol, proprietor of Dipjol Food Industries Limited, had evaded income tax upon his earnings of Tk 121,402,999 from fiscal year 1989 to 2007.
Earlier, Dipjol was awarded 27 years’ rigorous imprisonment for possessing illegal firearms and ammunition at his Mirpur residence.
SALAHUDDIN CASE
The same court yesterday issued custody warrant against detained former BNP lawmaker Salahuddin Ahmed after Additional Assistant Tax Commissioner Abdul Halim filed a case for evading income tax of Tk 3,046,655 from fiscal year 2003 to 2007.
SIGMA HUDA CASE
Two metropolitan magistrates yesterday issued rejection orders after the counsel of Sigma Huda, wife of detained former communications minister barrister Nazmul Huda, submitted petitions seeking bail for her in two criminal cases.
The magistrates in their orders mentioned that her bail was rejected as the charges brought against her were primarily proved and the investigation was underway.
September 19th, 2007 at 6:29 am
At last justice has been done and more to be done against former MP of Moulvibazar M Naser Rahman, son of self claimed superman of Bangladesh economy booster, former Finance and Planning minister M Saifur Rahman. A God father of criminal activity, under his leadership the citizens of Moulvibazar District were paralyzed and devastated but the father never interfered in his sons business for the saftyness of the people.
Moulvibazar municipality Chairman and BNP District General Secretary Fayezul Karim (Moeen) whom has came to power by force from nowhere,(while former municipality Chair Syed Mohshin Ali was under house arrest and former municipality Chair Mahmudur Rahman got shot on his feet) under the influence of power abuse by former MP M Naser Rahman, should have been punished as his successor. The election of Moulvibazar municipality was historical and exaushted, when Moeen took office.
In-terms of other six, one of them Mr Wali Siddique whom has been in run since, now living in London, Camden Town, in his sisters house, must be bought to justice under what ever treaty necessary within the British governments foreign policy, to make sure that other criminals don’t getaway with their such crimes against looting the countries wealth.
September 19th, 2007 at 7:03 am
Another historical turmoil occurred in Moulvibazar District while former Finance and planning minister M Saifur Rahman’s brother Money Miah stood Chair candidate in Mostofapur Union Parishad. Under the influence of dictatorship former MP M Naser Rahman, his uncle by force declared the elected Chair even though lost the seat, one of the well known British business man caught up with the challenge and suffered deadliest touch er under police interrogation by the order of former MP M Naser Rahman, but former Finance and Planning minister Saifur Rahman kept silent.
September 20th, 2007 at 12:17 am
Just imagine! BNP leaders are planning to offer Saifur Rahman to be party chief! Game will be over!
Soon, once MR.SAIFUR RAHMAN is arrested on……,
Bangladesh needs fresh blood in politics.
September 20th, 2007 at 6:51 am
“Changing a name wont change the thoughts of ideology”
Bangladesh needs to educate the system of Law and Order alphabetically to maintain its political policy to serve the country in principal, rather not abusing it.
Former MP M Naser Rahman, Tareque Rahman, Giasuddin Al Mamun and many others in politics with different party are fresh blood of the country but failed us.
September 20th, 2007 at 7:37 pm
They were fresh, but backed by croocks!They did not
have their own agenda to serve the peoples.They had
One agenda MONEY MONEY , Influenced by their parents!
September 20th, 2007 at 11:03 pm
I will not mock against anyone, nor I will be happy to see anyone in trouble. I wish they loved the country, had little sense .Little Islamic thoughts I ideology.
People gamble with life & then fall in to misery.
We need money, but must earn with honesty.
In England, We had opportunity to borrow a heavey amounts from Banks & disappear as some Bangladeshi deed & made homes in Bangladesh.
Will it make me happy? will I sleep peacefully?
Just I read with sadness, a German won £2 million pounds & refused to accept the money, for he has none to enjoy the amounts.
Let us look & search what is true happiness.
I feel people who do hard work & earn their daily bread they had more comfort than those who steal
through cheating & extortion.
Thank you
September 21st, 2007 at 6:29 am
Honest?
Crooks?
Agenda?
A simple example of the article of the news above clearly stated of Moulvibazar municipality Chairman and BNP District General Secretary Fayezul Karim (Moeen)whom got-away without any sentence, How?
The man from nowhere became Chair, under influenced of former MP M Naser Rahman and made fortune through his cousin whom is young contractor (on run after state of emergency), now escape jail sentence under influence of Mr Sazzadur Rahman (grand son of Mr Suna Ullah brother of Inam Ullah, British Empire time gangster of Moulvibazar) whom direct relative of Army Chief General Moeen U Ahmed. The challenge of this accusation can be investigated by independent committee to justify.