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Only Ivy among frontrunners has clean sheet

Taimur accused in 9 cases, Shamim in 5

Rakib Ahammed
Former Awami League lawmaker Shamim Osman and local BNP leader Taimur Alam Khondaker--two frontrunners in the Narayanganj City Corporation may-oral race--stand accused in several cases filed on charges including murder, corruption and theft, according to their nomination papers.
Selina Hayat Ivy, another favourite for the post from the ruling AL, however, faces no criminal charges.
Shamim, also a former general secretary of district AL, has five cases filed against him with different police stations in Narayanganj.
Taimur, backed by BNP for the polls, faces nine graft charges.
On Sunday, eight mayoral hopefuls filed nomination papers for the maiden polls to the newly formed city corporation due on October 30.
Of them, Shamim, Ivy and Taimur are considered frontrunners.
Of the other five, Sharif Mohammad faces a case under anti-dowry act, and Atiqur Rahman Nannu Munsi, a leader of Islami Andolan, faces charges including theft and holding of unlawful assembly.
The rest three have no cases against them, their nomination papers say.
After scrutiny, the return-ing officer yesterday accepted all the applications.
Profiles of the candidates will be available on the Election Commission's website (www.ecs.gov.bd) within a few days.
SHAMIM
According to the nomination paper, Shamim faced 17 cases in different times. Of them, he was acquitted in eight cases while proceedings of four have been stayed by the High Court.
Three other cases were quashed by the court. Trial of an arms case filed with Fatullah Police Station is on, and the final report in another case has been submitted.
Shamim, a law graduate, has mentioned in his application that more cases might have been filed against him on political grounds but he does not have the detail about those.
Shamim, who used to be considered a godfather of local criminals during the 1996-2001 rule of the AL government, declared in the affidavit that he collects over Tk4 lakh in rents (house and shops) and earns over Tk 9 lakh per year from his import, supply and transport businesses. His wife Salma Osman earns the same amount from business and Tk 24 lakh from her job per year.
The yearly income of his son Imtinan Osman, a law student and a businessman, isTk 17 lakh, it added.
TAIMUR
According to the affidavit submitted to the local election office, the nine graft cases against him were filed during the last caretaker government tenure.
Proceedings of six cases and conviction in three cases have been stayed by the High Court, Taimur, a lawyer by profession, said in the affidavit.
Also, two cases filed against him in 2001 were rejected by the court. He claimed he could not find the papers related to the cases.
Taimur was chairman of Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation from 2001 to 2006. Earlier, he served as a deputy attorney general.
The BNP leader collects overTk4 lakh in rents (house and shop). His yearly income from the court is overTk 3.5 lakh. In addition, he gets Tk 45,984 in bank interest.
IVY
A physician by profession, Ivy does not have any income except forTk 10 lakh savings in bank. According to her nomination paper, she has gold and other valuables worth Tk 30,000.