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Desa chairman, 13 others asked to appear in court by Jun 10

Court Correspondent
A Dhaka court yesterday directed the authorities concerned to put an advertisement in two national Bangla dailies asking former Desa chairman Towhidul Islam and 13 others to appear before it by June 10 in the Desco share scam case.
Meantime, the hearing of arguments in an extortion case against detained former communications minister Barrister Nazmul Huda and his wife Advocate Sigma Huda would beheld on June 8:
Judge Mohammad Azizul Haque of the Senior Special Judge's Court ordered the publication of the advertisement after receiving
police reports on the arrest warrants the court had issued against the fugitives on June 1.
The accused who are in hiding are the energy ministry's deputy secretaries Abdullah Mahmud and Ismat Ara Jahan, senior assistant secretary Laila Jesmin. former joint secretary SM Mesbaul Islam, exdeputy secretary Zahidur Rahman, ex-assistant secretary Ali Hossain, Desa. member Monzur Hossain. Desco secretary AHM Nurul Huda, Desco directors Monzur Rahman and Kudrat-e-Khuda, former Desco directors Khan Lodi Mainul Haq and Mustafizur Rahman, and managing director of Summit Power Ltd Chanchai Krishna Talukder.
Detained former power secretary ANH Akhter Hossain and incumbent managing director of Desco Saleh Ahmed have also been accused in the case.
Akhter has been shown as the principal accused while the others as abettors.
Saleh Ahmed’s lawyers in a petition yesterday told the trial court that their client could not appear before the court due to illness, noting that the High Court (HC) earlier directed him to surrender to the Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court by July 15 after he had sought anticipatory bail to the HC.
The petition said the HC also directed the law enforcement agencies not to arrest or harass him in the meantime.
The Anti - Corruption Commission's (ACC) Assistant Director Mahbubul Alam filed the case against Akhter Hossain and nine others on August 8 last year, stating that Akhter and the other accused bought 61,000 shares of Desa and Desco in their own names on behalf of the energy ministry violating the ministry’s rules and regulatiohs.
Moreover, they bought the shares showing lower rates, causing a loss of Tk 10.20 crore to the government.
Investigations later found the involvement of six others, including former Desa chairman Towhidul, in the share scam.
On May 29, ACC Assistant Director Amirul Islam, also the IO of the case, submitted charge sheet against the 16 people, showing 26 people as prosecution witnesses.
Akhter has already been convicted in two other cases filed for evading tax, amassing wealth illegally and concealing informa-
tion on his wealth to the ACC.
CASE AGAINST HUDA COUPLE Judge Abu Mohsin of the Fifth Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court set June 8 to hear arguments in the extortion case against the Huda couple after the completion of statements of defence witnesses.
Earlier, the court had recorded statements of 23 prosecution witnesses. Nazmul and Sigma were produced before the court during the hearing.
On July 29 last year, former BNP lawmaker GM Siraj filed the extortion case against the couple with Dhanmondi Police Station, complaining that they had demanded two Maruti cars from him for the use of weekly Khaborer Antoralay, published by Sigma Huda.
He said the accused later intimidated him into providing them with a car worthTk3.95 crore.