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Barge-mount Power Plant

Warrant against ex-secretary DrToufiq

Court Correspondent
A Dhaka court yesterday issued warrants against former energy secretary Dr Toufiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury and six others in connection with the Tk 3 crore graft case during the setting up of 1OO MW barge-mount power plant in Khulna.
In another move a bail petition of detained former premier Khaleda Zia in connection with the Niko scam case was not entertained yesterday, as the court has no jurisdiction to hear on the issue.
After scrutinising the case docket and other relevant documents, fudge Mohammad Azizul Haque of the Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court took the charges into cognizance against detained former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and seven others in the Tk 3 crore graft case.
The court also issued arrest
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warrants against all, except Sheikh Hasina. as they have been absconding since the case was filed against them.
I he court directed the authorities concerned to send copies of the arrest warrants to the respective addresses of the fugitives. It also fixed the date for the next hearing of the case for tomorrow.
The accused are former energy secretary Dr Toufiq-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, its Director Abul Kalam Azad and Bangabandhu Memorial Trust (BMT) curator Sayed Siddiqur Rahman.
On January 10, Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Deputy Director Morshed Alam, also the investigation officer (IO) of the case, submitted the charge sheet to Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate'sCourt.
In addition to the seven persons accused in the FIR earlier, the name of BMT curator Sayed Siddiqur Rahman was also included in the charge sheet, as his involvement with the graft case was found during the investigation of the case.
ACC Deputy Director Sabbir Hasan lodged the case with Tejgaon Police Station on September 2 last year, against Hasina and the six others. He said that that through their mutual ^idgrstajpdLpp anjl, u^e. 'qCIpiM-' ence. they helped a foreign company and its local partners win a deal for setting up the 100MW barge-mount power plant in Khulna and thus deprived the lowest bidder from being awarded
the deal.
KHALEDA'S BAIL
In another move, a Dhaka court yesterday did not accept the bail petition of Khaleda Zia, in connec lion with the Niko scam case, saying it had no jurisdiction to pass any order regarding granting bail to her.
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Golam Rabbani directed the authorities concerned to add the bail petition to her case file after her lawyers submitted it.
The case against Khaleda and five others was filed with Tejgaon police on December 9 last year on charge of causing a huge loss to the state through awarding gas exploration deals to Canadian company Niko by abusing power while in office.
The co-accused of Khaleda are detained former law minister barrister Moudud Ahmed, detained former state minister for energy AKM Mosharraf Hossain, former energy secretary DrTowfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury, former acting energy secretary Khandaker Shahidul Islam, and Vice-president (South Asia) of Niko Research Bangladesh Ltd Kashem Sharif.
Earlier on December 30 last year. Khaleda. Moudud and Mosharraf were shown arrested in the case.
In die case statement, ACC Assistant Director Mahbubul Alam said though Khaleda Zia was the custodian of the country's wealth as the prime minister, she awarded Niko an opportunity to extract gas worth Tk 10,000 crore. Khaleda Zia criminally violated her oath, mWawfully abused her power and through corruption awarded this illegal deal, the statement adds.
The statement also said she did it in collaboration with her coaccused, issuing orders for signing of the illegal deal with Niko.