I was just wondering how the main accused of a case remains free and
some others receive warrants? Is there any legal explanation of it?
It does not seem logical to me. Can anyone shed some light on it?
Imtiaz
--- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, Robin Khundkar <rkhundkar@...> wrote:
>
> What a farce this is? Why even bother with the charade? But it
seems to me a stint in Bangladesh Govt can turns anyone in to a
professional comedian. AL, BNP, Army, Jamat all now have comedians in
their ranks.
>
>
> Police hunt for Mojahid
> Raids on his house see no result
> Staff Correspondent
> Daily Star
> http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=59368
>
> Police conducted several raids at the residence of Jamaat-e-Islami
Secretary General Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojahid at Uttara in the capital
yesterday but failed to arrest him.
>
> But sources said Mojahid went to the daily Sangram office at
Moghhbazar 9:00am yesterday and stayed there for two hours.
>
> Earlier on October 6, a Dhaka court issued arrest warrant on the
Jamaat leader, an accused in Barapukuria coal mine corruption case.
>
> Witnesses said yesterday a 10-member team from the detective branch
(DB) of police and a five-member team of Uttara police raided
Mojahid's residence between 4:30pm and 5:30pm.
>
> About 200 Jamaat activists were present in front of the house
during the raids. They tried to resist the law enforcers from
entering the house, and did not also allow any journalist to enter it.
>
> Contacted, Saiful Islam Chowdhury, officer-in-charge (OC) of Uttara
Police Station, said, "We raided his house several times but did not
find him there. We have been trying to trace him, and will arrest him
wherever we find him."
>
> He however denied presence of Jamaat men at the place during the
raids.
>
> In reply to a question , he said, "It is not known to us whether he
went to Sangram office."
>
> Meantime, eminent citizens and lawyers sharply reacted to Mojahid's
presence at his party's dialogue with the government on Tuesday while
police reported to the trial court that he is a fugitive.
>
> Published On: 2008-10-15
> Front Page
> 'Fugitive' Mojahid seen prominently at CA's meeting
> Staff Correspondent
> Daily Star
> http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=58804
>
>
> 'Fugitive' Jamaat leader Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojahid, in circle, is
seen during the dialogue between Jamaat-e-Islami and the government
at the Chief Adviser's Office in the capital yesterday. Photo: PID
>
> When the police claim that Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Ali
Ahsan Mohammad Mojahid is fugitive, the Jamaat leader joined his
party's dialogue with the government yesterday.
>
> Chief Adviser (CA) Fakhruddin Ahmed was present at the talks.
>
> Mojahid has been attending various programmes in the city after
police Sunday reported to the trial court that he went into hiding
after the issuance of an arrest warrant against him in the
Barapukuria coal mine corruption case on October 6.
>
> He showed up at the press briefing along with his party men
following the dialogue. Four advisers, including Education and
Commerce Adviser Hossain Zillur Rahman, were present at the time.
>
> Zillur kept mum when reporters asked him how a wanted accused could
attend such a high-profile meeting.
>
> "There is no legal bar to his attending the dialogue with the
government," Jamaat leader Abdur Razzak quickly chipped in.
>
> "The High Court asked him to surrender to the trial court by
Thursday after he filed a bail petition in connection with the case,"
he told reporters.
>
> At the meeting, Mojahid strongly condemned the government for
implicating him in the corruption case and demanded that the case be
scrapped.
>
> Earlier on October 6, Metropolitan Sessions Judge of Dhaka Mohammad
Azizul Haque issued arrest warrants against nine of the 16 accused in
the Barapukuria coal mine case.
>
> Police reported to the court Sunday that they raided Mojahid's
residence after getting the arrest warrant. The Jamaat leader however
attended a rally of the BNP-led four-party alliance that very day.
>
> He also signed an official Jamaat letter sent to the chief election
commissioner that day which asked for extension of an October 15
deadline relating to the registration of political parties.
>
> Mojahid went down to Satkhira on October 10 and held meetings at
different places there till October 11.
>
> The Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) filed the case on February 26
this year accusing BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, 10 former BNP
ministers and five other people on charges of causing a loss of Tk
159 crore to the state exchequer by awarding operations of the
Barapukuria coal mine to a Chinese company through abuse of power.
>
> The ACC pressed charges against them on October 5.
>
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