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Complaint lodged against Hasan Mahmud, Nowfel among 119 in Ctg

A complaint was lodged with a Chattogram court today accusing former ministers Hasan Mahmud and Mohibul Hassan Chowdhury Nowfel and 117 other Awami League men over attacking students during mass protest in the port city on August 4

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Complaint lodged against Hasan Mahmud, Nowfel among 119 in Ctg

Hasan Mahmud, left, and Mohibul Hassan Chowdhury Nowfel

A complaint was lodged with a Chattogram court today accusing former ministers Hasan Mahmud and Mohibul Hassan Chowdhury Nowfel and 117 other Awami League men over attacking students during mass protest in the port city on August 4.

Md Farhad, who was injured in a shooting during the student movement, lodged the complaint with the court of Chattogram's Additional Metropolitan Magistrate Sarkar Hasan Shahriar.

Taking the complaint into cognizance, the court ordered Chandgaon Police Station's Officer-in-Charge (OC) to treat it as an FIR after investigation, said Plaintiff's lawyer advocate Ashraf Hossain.

City unit AL general secretary AJM Nasir Uddin and former lawmaker Abdus Salam are among the accused.

According to the compliant, Farhad took part in the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement in Bahaddarhat area on August 4. The accused, in collaboration with each other, formed unlawful gatherings, equipped with lethal weapons.

They fired and exploded crude bombs, targeting the student protesters, he said.

The complainant was hit with a bullet during the incident and later he was rushed to Chattogram International Medical College Hospital, added the statement.​

 

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Tax scrutiny: NBR seeks bank account info of Aziz, Taposh

The National Board of Revenue has asked for bank details of five individuals, including ex-Army chief General (retd) Aziz Ahmed and former Dhaka South City Corporation mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh, for scrutiny of their tax compliance.

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Tax scrutiny: NBR seeks bank account info of Aziz, Taposh

Aziz Ahmed (Left) and Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh. File photo

The National Board of Revenue has asked for bank details of five individuals, including ex-Army chief General (retd) Aziz Ahmed and former Dhaka South City Corporation mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh, for scrutiny of their tax compliance.

The three others are journalist couple Farzana Rupa and Shakil Ahmed, and former Election Commission secretary Helaluddin Ahmed.

NBR's Central Intelligence Cell (CIC) wrote to all banks and financial institutions, seeking bank account details of the five, confirmed a top official of the CIC yesterday.

Their income tax files will be examined to ensure whether they paid their taxes properly.

According to sources, the CIC will investigate their assets through field inspections.

"We have sent letters to all banks and financial institutions asking for all kinds of transaction information, including credit cards and deposits," said an official, seeking anonymity.

"After scrutinising the details, we can say whether they are involved in any money laundering and tax-evasion offences or not."

Meanwhile, the NBR has asked Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) to submit the details of the investment of SK Sur Chowdhury, former deputy governor of Bangladesh Bank, in the stock market.

Journalist couple Farzana and Shakil have been arrested on other charges.

Earlier, the CIC also wrote to banks, nonbank financial institutions, BSEC, and the Department of National Savings, requesting bank account information of five business tycoons -- Salman F Rahman, vice-chairman of Beximco, Nazrul Islam Mazumder, chairman of Nassa Group, Mohammed Aziz Khan, chairman of Summit Group, Ahmed Akbar Sobhan, chairman of Bashundhara Group, and Mohammad Obaidul Karim, chairman of Orion Group.

Besides, Tax Zone-15 of the NBR sought financial information from 91 banks and financial institutions to provide details of Chattogram-based business conglomerate S Alam's family members and their affiliated enterprises, and Awami League leader Sheikh Selim and his family.

The NBR has intensified its move after the ouster of the AL government on August 5 following a mass uprising.​

 

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Ex-IGPs Benazir, Shahidul sued for killing BNP activist in ‘crossfire’

A case was lodged on Thursday with a court in Chapainawabganj against five people including former inspectors general of police AKM Shahidul Hoque and Benazir Ahmed for killing an...

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Ex-IGPs Benazir, Shahidul sued for killing BNP activist in ‘crossfire’
Staff Correspondent . Rajshahi 12 September, 2024, 23:40

Benazir Ahmed and AKM Shahidul Hoque.

A case was lodged on Thursday with a court in Chapainawabganj against five people including former inspectors general of police AKM Shahidul Hoque and Benazir Ahmed for killing an activist of the then main opposition political party, Bangladesh Nationalist Party, in an incident of ‘crossfire’ in 2018.

Julekha Begum, wife of deceased BNP activist Abul Hossain, filed the case.

Former Chapainawabganj Rapid Action Battalion camp officer Mozammel Haque, and RAB’s two sources, Monirul Islam Tulu and Md Morsalin, were also named as accused persons in the case.

Accused Shahidul served as the inspector general of Bangladesh Police and Benazir was the director general of RAB when Abul Hossain was killed allegedly in a ‘crossfire’ incident on September 5, 2018.

Additional chief judicial magistrate Abu Taleb of the Chapainawabganj court fixed September 18 for passing further order in the case filed by Julekha, the plaintiff’s lawyer Nurul Islam said.

Julekha, in her case statement, alleged that a group of members of RAB and Police forcibly picked up her husband Abul Hossain from Rohanpur bus stand area under Gomostapur upazila on September 5, 2018, when her husband was returning home from a court in Chapainawabganj.

On the following day, Abul’s bullet-hit body was found at Gomostapur Upazila Health Complex.

Julekha alleged that the members of RAB and Police abducted and killed her husband in the name of ‘crossfire’.

‘My husband’s only crime was that he was involved in BNP politics’, she alleged and said that the members of the RAB and the Police then forcibly took her signatures on a blank paper and ordered her to bury her husband’s body as soon as possible.

Julekha alleged that she tried several times to file a case over the killing of her husband, but the accused persons did not allow her to do so.​

 

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Former public admin minister Farhad arrested

Former Public Administration minister Farhad Hossain was arrested from Dhaka's Eskaton area

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Former public admin minister Farhad arrested

Photo: Rab

Former Public Administration minister Farhad Hossain was arrested in Dhaka's Eskaton area last night.

A Rab team arrested and handed him over to police, said Adabar Police Station OC Mahfuz Imtiaz.

Farhad was arrested in a murder case filed for killing garment worker Rubel during the student-led mass uprising, the OC added.

On August 22, Rafiqul Islam, father of the victim, filed the case with Adabor Police Station against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 147 others.

The complainant alleged that some of the accused, as per instruction, directly or indirectly, took part in the attack on hundreds of students on Ring Road at Adabor on August 5.

Rubel was shot and he died after two days.​

 

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Former home minister's son faces interrogation over attempted murder

Safi Muddaser Khan Joty, the son of former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan, has been remanded in custody for questioning in an attempted murder case filed with Ashulia Police Station. Dhaka Senior Judicial Magistrate M Saiful Islam placed him on a four-day remand following a hearing on Saturday rep

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Former home minister's son faces interrogation over attempted murder
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Sep 14, 2024 22:23
Updated :
Sep 14, 2024 22:23

Safi Muddaser Khan Joty, the son of former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan, has been remanded in custody for questioning in an attempted murder case filed with Ashulia Police Station.

Dhaka Senior Judicial Magistrate M Saiful Islam placed him on a four-day remand following a hearing on Saturday reports bdnews24.com.

Police had requested a seven-day remand for questioning, according to Sub-Inspector Abu Taher Miah of Ashulia Police Station, who is investigating the case.

Joty's lawyer, Morshed Hossain, argued against the remand request, arguing that although his client is the son of a former home minister, he has no political connections or positions.

Morshed told the court that Joty had been advised by the doctor to stay home due to illness on the day of the alleged incident.

“If a police officer who is a friend of his committed any wrongdoing, it does not justify implicating my client. This case was filed to harass him because of his family background," the lawyer added.

Joty was arrested in Dhaka on Friday night in connection with the attempted murder case filed on Sept 11 by Robiul Sani.

The case lists 30 accused, including former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, with Joti as the fourth accused.

Other notable figures charged include Asaduzzaman, former education minister Mohibul Hassan Chowdhoury Nowfel, Ferdous Zaman, former secretary of the University Grants Commission, or UGC, and several others.

Joty is the only son of Asaduzzaman and oversees the family business, Savar Refractories Limited.

Since the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government on Aug 5, several former ministers and leaders of the Awami League have been arrested, but Asaduzzaman has remained out of public view.

The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit, or BFIU, has frozen the bank accounts of the former member of parliament, his wife Lutful Tahmina Khan and their children.

They are also under a travel ban.

The Anti-Corruption Commission, or ACC, has launched an investigation into allegations that Asaduzzaman and his associates took millions of takas in bribes through job appointments, transfers, and postings.

According to the complaint submitted to the ACC, the former minister allegedly took large sums of money from police, the Department of Narcotics Control, and the Fire Service during his time as home minister.​