Court accepts charge sheet against ex-Juba League leader Khalid

UNB, Dhaka

 A court here yesterday accepted a charge sheet against expelled organising secretary of Juba League’s Dhaka South unit Khalid Mahmud Bhuiyan in a case filed under the Arms Act.

KM Imrul Kayes, Judge of Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judges Court took the charges into cognizance .

The accused has been also facing a case filed under the Anti-Money Laundering Act and two other cases under the Narcotics Control Act.

Belayet Hossain, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) submitted the charge sheet in the case in October last year.

Khalid, also president of Fakirerpool Youngmen’s Club, was arrested from Gulshan on Sept 18, 2019, by RAB for running an illegal casino in the club.

Three firearms – one of them illegal – along with bullets, and yaba pills were seized from him.

The arrest came after a RAB mobile court detained 142 people from the casino and seized Tk 24 lakh in cash, foreign liquor and casino boards.

Indictment hearing in Barapukuria graft case against Khaleda Feb 17

BSS, Dhaka

A Dhaka court yesterday set February 17 to hold hearing on charge framing in Barapukuria Coalmine graft case against BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and others.

Yesterday was fixed for holding hearing on the matter, but the jail authorities could not produce prime accused Khaleda Zia before the temporary court raised in newly constructed building in front of Keraniganj Central Jail as she is undergoing treatment at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU).

Judge ASM Ruhul Imran of the Special Judges Court 2 set the fresh date in the morning as the prosecution asked for time.

Advocate Zia Uddin Zia, lawyer of BNP Chairperson confirmed.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on February 26, 2008, filed the graft case against Khaleda Zia and 15 others with Shahbagh Police Station in the capital.

They were accused of causing a loss of Taka 159 crore to the state exchequer by awarding a contract for operation of Barapukuria Coalmine to a Chinese company through abuse of power.

Of the 16 accused, six are already dead and their names are expected to be dropped from the case while framing of the charges.

The High Court on February 25, 2019, ordered the lower court concerned to dispose of the case within six months.

Khaleda Zia has been in jail since February 8, 2018 after she was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case.

She has been receiving treatment at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University since April 1 last.