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JP Office Case: 3 DWs make depositions
Three defence witnesses, including a former minister, making de|*isitions yesterday in the special court trying deposed president H M Ershad in a corruption case, claimed that the lor met ruler and chairman oi the latiya Party very rarely visited the central party office in the capital's Dhaninandi area, reports BSS.
Ershad s visits to the IP of fice were very infrequent," thev all stated during the cross-examination conducted by public prosecutor Abdur Razzak Klun
The depositions by former minister Faiul Islam Chowd hury, former whip Manirul Hau Chowdhury and ex-MP Abdul Barek took the number of DWs examined so far in the Special Case No 50 ot i993 to five.
Besides Ershad, former Works Minister Mostafa Jamal Haider and Works Secretary M A Rouf are accused in this case involving spending of government funds amounting to nearly Taka 82 lakh to re furbish an abandoned house (House No 104, Road No 3, bhanmandi Residential Areaj used as the central office of the then ruling Jatiya Party till the fall of Ershad.
Upon a defence prayer, Zi nat Ara, Additional District and Sessions Judge, Dhaka, adjourned the trial till June 29.
The adjournment was opposed by the prosecution.
Manirul Haq Chowdhury,
Joint Secretary General of the JP who was the first to testify yesterday, said since Ershad was a busy president, he hardly had the time to visit the party office.
Chowdhury said he found the IP central office under lock and key on December 7, 1990 and police guarding it
Abdul Barek, a former MP and chairman of the Bansal Zila Parishad, said he had seen Ershad once or twice at the IP office and those were during such occasions as Ekushey February
During cross-examination, Barek said he had no idea how the renovation work was done, but admitted witnessing the work He denied lying before the court.
Former minister Tajul Is lam Chowdhury said the au thorities did not contact the JP before sealing the office. Tajul Islam Chowdhury, who was the office secretary of the JP at the time, said Ershad seldom visited the office
During cross examination Chowdhury, who is a defence witness in another corruption case against Ershad, said he knew nothing about when and how the renovation works were done. It was Major (retd) Imtiaz who looked after such things, he added.
He denied that Ershad used to visit the JP office regularly and also denied he was lying before the court because he was a beneficiary and disciple of Ershad.