102 high-profile graft suspects jailed so far
Confiscation of assets of about Tk 288 crore
of the convicts ordered in 84 cases
Shahiduzzaman and Moneruzzaman Mission
The special judge’s courts set up on the Jatiya Sangsad complex to try high-profile corruption suspects have so far jailed 102 people, including 75 involved in politics, and ordered confiscation of assets of about Tk 288 crore of the convicts in 84 cases since they began functioning on May 6, 2007.
Only 27 people have so far been acquitted of charges in 12 cases out of the total 84 disposed of by the special anti-corruption courts.
The 27 people acquitted of the charges were co-accused and charged with abetting the principal accused, mostly their close relations, in committing offences.
Of the 84 cases, in which verdicts have so far been delivered, none ended in acquittal of all the accused or of the principal accused.
The 102 convicts include 27 Awami League leaders and their relations, 47 Bangladesh Nationalist Party leaders and their relations, 1 from the Jamaat-e-Islami, 1 from the Islami Oikya Jote, 15 businessman, 3 former bureaucrats, 4 former police officers, and 4 other professionals.
Five special courts started functioning on the Jatiya Sangsad complex on May 6, 2007 and four more courts were set up in November 2007.
About 200 cases have so far been transferred to the special courts and 84 of them have so far been disposed of while proceedings in about 100 cases have been stayed by the High Court.
Of the 84 cases so far disposed of, 48 cases are filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission for amassing illegal wealth or not submitting wealth statements defying notification issued by the commission. The remaining cases were filed on different charges.
The commission has so far filed more than 250 cases while 170 of them have been stayed by the High Court and 108 have been stayed by only one High Court bench, said a senior official in the commission.
In the Awami League camp, former minister Mohammad Nasim, former sate minister Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir, Awami Swechchhasebak League general secretary Pankaj Devnath, Nasim’s wife Laila Arzumand Banu, Pankaj’s wife Monika Devnath, former Awami League chief whip Abul Hasanat Abdullah, former Awami League lawmakers HBM Iqbal, Haji Mohammad Selim, Maqbul Hossain, Sheikh Helaluddin, AL whip Mostafa Rashedi Suja, his wife Khodeja Rashid, Helal’s wife Rupa Chowdhury, Iqbal’s wife Momtaz Begum Dolly, his two sons Moyeen Iqbal and Imran Iqbal, and daughter Nowrin Iqbal, Selim’s wife Gulshan Ara, Maqbul’s wife Golam Fatema Tahera Khanom, his son Masudur Rahman and Masudur’s wife Salma Rahman were jailed for amassing illegal wealth.
In the BNP camp, former communications minister Nazmul Huda, former state ministers Amanullah Aman, Salahuddin Ahmed, Mir Nasiruddin and Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku, former lawmakers Naser Rahman, Manjurul Ahsan Munshi, Abdul Wadud Bhuiyan, Ali Asgar Lobi, and Rashiduzzaman Millat, Huda’s wife Sigma Huda, Aman’s wife Sabera Aman, Nasir’s son Mir Helaluddin, Lobi’s wife Khushnud Asgar and telephone board CBA leader Firoz Miah, Millat’s wife Sabera Suraiya, son Sayeed Bin Jamal, former state minister Shahjahan Omar, his wife Mehzabin Farzana, former prime minister Khaleda Zia’s assignment officer Firoz Mahmud Iqbal and his wife Imtiaz Iqbal were jailed on similar charges.
Former prime minister Khaleda Zia’s political secretary Harris Chowdhury, her assignment officer Firoz Mahmud Iqbal and businessman Gaisuddin Al Mamun, also a close aide to Khladea’a eldest son Tarique Rahman, former National Board of Revenue member ATM Sarwar, and Bangladesh Telephone and Telegraph Board official Shahjahan Miah were jailed for not submitting their wealth statements.
In the BNP camp, former minister Mirza Abbas, former minister Shahjahan Siraj, his wife Rabeya Siraj, son Apu Siraj and daughter-in-law Farzana Khan, former foreign minister M Morshed Khan’s son Faisal Morshed Khan, former state minister Ziaul Huq Zia, his wife Nasima Haque and son Mashfiqul Haque, former lawmakers Rashiduzzaman Millat, Shahrin Islam Tuhin, and Lobi, Dhaka city ward commissioners Mirza Khokon and Monwar Hossain Dipjol, also a film actor, former minister Mirza Abbas’s wife Afroza Abbas, former lawmaker Mosaddak Ali Falu’s wife Mahbuba Sultana, former lawmaker Salahuddin Ahmed’s wife Shamsunnahar, and sons Shahriar Ahmed, Tanveer Ahmed and Imran Ahmed were jailed for tax evasion.
Former additional inspector general of police Shahidullah Khan and revenue board official ATM Sarwar Hossain, Bashundhara Group chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan and his wife and sons were also jailed on similar charges.
Shamim Osman, Abul Hasnat and former
Of the businessman, Bashundhara Group chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan Shah Alam, his wife Afroza Begum and three sons Saadat Sobhan, Shafayet Sobhan and Sayem Sobhan have also been jailed for eight years for tax evasion.
The owner of a chartered accounting firm, SM Quddus, was also jailed for three years for abetting the Bashundhara Group in committing the offence, Globe-Janakantha Group chairman Atiqullah Khan Masud, his wife Shamima A Khan, One Group chairman Giasuddin Al Mamun, and his wife Shahina Yasmin were jailed on corruption charges.
The Orion Group chairman, Obaidul Karim, its former vice-presidents Shah Md Harun and AQM Mahmud Ullah and two former assistant vice-presidents Md Fazlur Rahman and AKM Neyamatullah of the Oriental Bank were jailed for misappropriation of the bank’s funds.
Of the bureaucrats, former power secretary ANH Akhter Hossain, Akhter’s wife Nazneen Akhter and former Public Service Commission member Mahfuzur Rahman were also jailed on charge of owing wealth beyond their known sources and hiding their wealth statement submitted to the commission.
Three officers of the Fatullah police station and two employees of the Abul Khair Group were also sentenced on bribery charge.
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