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Niko, Bashundhara Cases

Arrest warrant against fugitives

Court Correspondent
A Dhaka court yesterday issued arrest warrants against former BNP lawmaker Qazi Saleemul Haq, Bashundhara Group Chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan, his two sons and the personal secretary to detained BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Tarique Rahman in connection with the Tk 21 crore bribery case.
Meanwhile, the same court also issued arrest warrants against former principal secretary, .to the prime minister's, office Kamal Uddin Siddique and four others in connection with the case for abuse of power and corruption in awarding a gas exploration and extraction deal to Canadian company Niko.
CASE AGAINST SHAH ALAM
After scrutinising all relevant documents, Metropolitan Sessions Judge Mohammad Azizul Haque issued arrest warrants against the Bashundhara Group chairman and others in connection with the Tk 21 crore bribery case.
The other accused, against whom arrest warrants were issued, are Akbar Sobhan's two sons Shafiat Sobhan Sanvir and Sadaat Sobhan, and Tarique’s personal secretary Mia Nur Uddin Apu.
The accused who are now in jail, are former state minister for home Lutfozzaman Babar, Tarique Rahman, and East West Property Development Pvt Ltd Director Abu Sufian.
The ACC pressed charges against Tarique, Babar and six others in the case on lUcsday.
The anti-graft body said the eight accused were involved in receiving and giving the bribe to ensure that Sanvir does not face charges of killing Humayun Kabir Sabbir, a director of Bashundhara Group.
NIKO CASE
The same judge after examining case documents took the charges into cognisance for trial and issued the order against the five accused including Kamal Uddin Siddlque, who are ontherun.
The four others are Former senior assistant secretary of Energy and Mineral Resources Department CM Yousuf Hossain, former senior general manager of Bapex Meer Moynul Haque, former secretary of Bapex Shafiur Rahman, and Vice-president (South Asia) of Niko Resources Bangladesh Ltd Kashem Sharif.
The other accused who are in jail now, are former premier Khaleda Zia, former law minister Moudud Ahmed, former state minister for energy AKM Mosharraf Hossain, former acting energy secretary Khandaker Shahidul Islam, Managing Director of One Group Giasuddin Al Mamun, and Chairman and Managing Director of International Travel Corporation Selim Bhuiyan.
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) pressed charges against Khaleda Zia and 10 others on May 5 for abuse of power and corruption in awarding a gas exploration and extraction deal to Canadian company Niko.
ACC assistant director SM Sahidur Rahman, also the investigation officer GO) of the case, submittal the charge sheet to the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's (CMM) Court, showing 68 people as prosccu tion witnesses.