Bangladesh News

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday pressed charges against detained former state minister for youth and sports Fazlur Rahman Patal in a case filed for amassing wealth worth Tk 2.36 crore illegally and giving false wealth information to the commission.

Meantime, a Dhaka court directed the officer-in-charge (OC) of Dohar Police Station to register the Awami League (AL) leader Khalil Kazi murder case as a regular one against detained former communications minister barrister Nazmul Huda, his brother and 11 others.

ACC Assistant Director Helal Uddin Sharif, also the investigation officer (IO) of the case, submitted the charge sheet to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court, Dhaka, showing 29 people as prosecution witnesses.

The IO dropped names of Patal’s wife Kamrunnahar and their son Yasir Arshad Rajan from charge sheet and appealed to the court for discharging them from charges.

In the charge sheet, the IO mentioned that Patal amassed wealth worth Tk 2,36,56,653 through illegal means and concealed information of wealth worth Tk 87,63,941 to the commission.

The IO also said the charges brought against Patal were primarily proved and he should be brought under trial.

On April 15 this year, the ACC sued BNP leader Fazlur Rahman Patal and his two family members with Ramna Police Station for amassing assets beyond their known sources of income and concealing information in wealth report submitted to the commission.

According to the first information report, the former minister accumulated wealth worth around Tk 7.38 crore illegally. Besides, in his statement to the ACC, he concealed information about assets worth around Tk 4.42 crore.

His wife Kamrunnahar and son Yasir Arshad Rajan were accused of aiding and abetting him in the acts.

HUDA CASE
After the hearing, Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Shahjahan Kabir took the murder charges into cognisance and asked the OC to register a regular murder case and submit a report after investigation into the matter.

The other accused are Huda’s brother Kamrul Huda, Sub-Inspector of Dohar Police Station Masudur Rahman, and BNP men Mahbubur Rahman Pannu, Habibur Rahman Chunnu, Phoni Madbar, Swapan, Gias, Jalal, Mosharraf, Abu Sayeed, Yunus, and Badal Bepary.

On September 25 last year, victim’s wife Polly Akhter filed a complaint case with the First Class Magistrate’s Court, Dhaka, accusing Huda and others of killing her husband on April 16, 2006.

According to the prosecution, a group of local miscreants, being directed by barrister Huda and his brother, attacked Khalil Kazi at Kartikpur Bazar in Dohar at about 5:00pm on April 16, 2006 while he (victim) was going to attend a meeting.

Khalil Kazi, publicity secretary of AL Kusumhati unit, was seriously injured and later succumbed to his injurious at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.