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Corruption case against Hasina sent for trial

ProfRafiqtd shown held in Niko case

Court Correspondent
The Tk 3 crore graft case against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and seven others was transferred to the Court of Metropolitan Sessions Judge, Dhaka for trial yesterday.
Meantime, detained former state minister for power Prof Rafiqul Islam was shown arrested yesterday in connection with the Niko scam case.
After scrutinising the case docket and relevant documents, Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Golam Rabbani transferred the case against Hasina filed on charge of graft during the setting up of 100MW barge-mount power plant in Khulna.
The other charge-sheeted
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accused are former energy sccre-tary Dr Towfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury, former Power Development Board (PDB) chairman Noor Uddin Mahmud Kamal, Managing Director of Summit Industries and Mercantile Corporation Private Ltd Aziz Khan and Director Farid Khan, United Group Chairman Hasan Mahmud Raja, Director Abul Kalam Azad and Bangabandhu Memorial Trust (BMT) curator Sayed Siddiqur Rahman.
In addition to the seven accused in the FIR earlier, name of the BMT curator was also Included in the charge sheet, as the investigators found he was involved.
ACC Deputy Director Sabbir Hasan filed the case with Tcjgaon Police Station on September 2 last year. He accused Hasina and the six others of helping a foreign company and its local partners win a deal for setting up the power plant, depriving the lowest bidders.
NIKO CASE
The same court passed the order following a petition by the investigation officer (IO) of the case, ACC Deputy Director MM Sabbir Hasan, for showing Rafiqul Islam arrested in the case.
The case was filed with Tejgaon Police Station against Hasina and six others on December 9 last year on charge of causing a huge loss to the state through awarding gas exploration deals to Canadian company Niko through abuse of power.
On December 31, Hasina was also shown arrested in the case.
Other accused in the case are former principal secretary to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) Dr SA Samad, former energy secre-taries Dr Towfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury and M Akmal Hossain, former Petrobangla chairman Mosharraf Hossain, and Vice-president (South Asia) of Niko Research Bangladesh Ltd Kashem Sharif.