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Download PDF A Dhaka court yesterday placed detained BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Tarique Rahman on a five-day remand for interrogation in two extortion cases.
Meanwhile, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday pressed charges against detained former communications minister barrister Nazmul Huda and his wife advocate Sigma Huda in a case for concealing Tk 8.02 crore in their wealth statements submitted to the ACC.
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sultan Mahmud granted Tarique’s two-day remand in a case filed with Gulshan Police Station for extorting Tk 81 lakh from a businessman and another three-day remand for interrogation in the case filed with Shahbagh Police Station for extorting Tk 10.31 crore from the owner of a construction firm.
In the forwarding report of the case filed with Gulshan Police Station, Sub-Inspector Aminur Rashid, also the investigation officer (IO) of the case, mentioned that Giasuddin Al Mamun in his confessional statement on May 5 said he and Tarique were involved in extorting Tk 81 lakh from a businessman.
Tarique has to be quizzed after being placed on a seven-day remand to find out their accomplices and the status of the extorted money, the IO added.
After the hearing, the court granted Tarique’s two-day remand for interrogation.
Harun Ferdousi, managing director of Judge Distilleries Ltd, filed the case against Tarique, Mamun and three others on March 27.
The case statement said out of Tk 81 lakh, Tarique received Tk 45 lakh and Mamun got Tk 35 lakh while three others shared Tk 1 lakh.
SHAHBAGH CASE
Inspector Hassan Ali of Detective Branch (DB) of police, also the IO of the case filed with Shahbagh Police Station, submitted a seven-day remand prayer saying that Tarique needs to be questioned to find out the whereabouts of his absconding accomplices.
The defence lawyers submitted a petition for cancelling the remand prayer.
Rejecting the plea of defence lawyers, the court granted Tarique’s three-day remand for interrogation.
Following the orders, defence lawyers submitted two more petitions for staying the operation of the remand and allowing a lawyer to be present during the interrogation in custody.
The court rejected all the petitions.
Khairul Bashar, managing director of Abdul Momen Ltd, filed the case against Mamun, Tarique and five others on April 9.
Mamun gave a confessional statement on April 23 and Tarique was shown arrested in the case on April 26 on the basis of Mamun’s confession.
Police produced Tarique before the court at 12:10pm under tight security.
Tarique was arrested on March 7 at his mother’s cantonment residence in the capital after a Tk 1 crore extortion case was filed against him. Later, he was placed on a four-day remand in the case.
HUDA-SIGMA CASE
ACC Assistant Director SM Sahidur Rahman, also the IO of the case submitted the charge sheet against Nazmul Huda and his wife Sigma Huda to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court showing 25 people as prosecution witnesses.
The case was filed with Dhanmondi Police Station on July 11 against the couple for concealing information in the wealth statements submitted to the ACC.
In the case statement, ACC Assistant Director Talebur Rahman stated that Nazmul and Sigma did not mention their wealth worth over Tk 2.19 crore in the wealth statement submitted to the ACC.
Later, an investigation revealed that they had actually concealed wealth worth Tk 80,288,489 in their statements.
CASE AGAINST WADUD
National Board of Revenue (NBR) yesterday filed a case against detained former BNP lawmaker Abdul Wadud Bhuiyan for evading tax of Tk 12,266,619 for fiscal years 2001 to 2007.
Metropolitan Sessions Judge Mohammad Azizul Haque directed the authorities concerned to produce Wadud before the court on November 27
NBR Deputy Tax Commissioner Mohidul Islam filed the case.
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