Khaleda to be questioned in
Niko graft case today
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Detained former prime minister Khaleda Zia will be questioned today afternoon in connection with the Niko graft case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission against her and four others.
‘Khaleda Zia, the former prime minister, will be questioned at 3:00pm Thursday at the makeshift jail,’ DIG (Prisons) Major Shamsul Haider Siddiqui told the news agency Wednesday afternoon.
According to sources, the court has allowed Masud Ahmed Talukder, one of Khaleda’s lawyers to be present during the questioning.
The investigating team of Taskforce-23, including investigating officer ACC assistant director Sahidur Rahman, will question her and record her statement, the sources added.
On February 17, additional chief metropolitan magistrate Golam Rabbani passed an order to question the former prime minister following an application from the IO of the case.
Meanwhile, the investigating team on Wednesday questioned and recorded the statements of former acting energy secretary Khandaker Shahidul Islam, one of the accused in the case, and also of former acting secretary of the Prime Minister’s Office Nurul Islam in connection with the high-profile case.
During the questioning, Khandaker Shahidul reportedly told the investigators that everything had been done under the influences of then state minister for energy and mineral resources AKM Mosharraf Hossain and then principal secretary Kamal Siddiqui.
The anti-graft watchdog filed the case with Tejgaon police station on December 9 last year against Khaleda Zia,
former law minister Moudud Ahmed, former state minister for energy AKM Mosharraf Hossain, former acting energy secretary Khandaker Shahidul Islam, and vice-president (
They were accused of signing the ‘illegal’ deal with the Canadian company, Niko, through corrupt means, inflicting a loss of Tk 10,000 crore on the state during their rule.
Detained former law minister Moudud and former state minister AKM Mosharaff have already been questioned at their respective jail gates at the fag end of January in connection with the case.
The investigation team also questioned businessman Giasuddin Al Mamun and former Dhaka Club president Selim Bhuiyan, who were shown arrested in this case.
The ACC has also questioned a number of bureaucrats from different ministries regarding the high-profile case. Besides, relevant files and documents have been seized.
The investigating team also made some spot visits, including Chhatak gas field.
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