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On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 12:27 PM, Isha Khan <bdmailer@gmail.com> wrote:
Govt lets Ershad off the hookIt now considers radar graft case against him politically motivated, decides to withdraw 75 more caseA government committee yesterday decided to withdraw 76 more "politically motivated" cases including the much-talked-about radar purchase graft case filed against Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad.The High Court cleared the way for trial of the radar purchase case on August 8, 2006 after proceedings of the case had been stayed for a long time.Different quarters expressed concern over the decision saying the case should be settled in the court as the HC cleared the way for trial.The decision was taken at the 26th meeting of the government committee on withdrawal of cases filed for "harassing" political leaders during the BNP-Jamaat and immediate past caretaker government rule.The now-defunct Bureau of Anti-Corruption filed the case against Ershad and four others with Cantonment police on May 4, 1992.Trial of the case filed 18 years ago against former president Ershad and three others resurfaced on November 2 last year with deposition of the complainant.Abdus Sattar Sarkar, an official of the Bureau, pressed charges against Ershad and four others on October 27, 1994, showing 38 people as prosecution witnesses.According to the prosecution, Ershad in collusion with others had allegedly caused a loss of Tk 64.04 crore to the state exchequer by purchasing radars from the US instead of France for the air force while he was in power.The court framed charges against Ershad and three others on August 12, 1995.But the government had withdrawn charge against another accused Shahazad Ali, a director of United Traders Ltd.Ershad was accused in 21 cases including several graft cases after he was ousted from power in 1990.He has so far been acquitted and discharged from 18 cases as the prosecution failed to prove the charges brought against him.Three cases including the radar purchase graft case are under trial.Contacted, Transparency International Bangladesh Executive Director Iftekharuzzaman told The Daily Star as the HC had cleared the way for trial of the radar purchase case, it should be settled in the court."Why should the government settle graft cases off the court? Can't the court detect which case was filed with political motivation?" Iftekharuzzaman asked.The government is dropping graft cases considering these politically motivated, he said, adding, such practice is encouraging impunity culture.Briefing newspersons after the meeting at the home ministry, State Minister for Law Qamrul Islam, who heads the government committee, said "A total of 863 cases were placed before them yesterday. The committee has suggested withdrawal of 76 cases."He added they rejected 29 cases after scrutiny of the case references, as they found those cases were not filed to harass anyone.He said 759 more cases, suggested by the district level committees, will be placed before the next meeting of the committee.Asked why the "sensational" radar graft case was suggested to be dropped, the state minister said the committee took the decision after analysing the case references meticulously.The committee in the last meeting in January decided not to entertain any graft cases filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission, but the decision was changed later, meeting sources said.Qamrul said they would consider eight to ten more graft cases apart from the radar case.Asked, the minister said they have so far recommended withdrawal of 6,853 out of over 10,000 cases and there might be a scope of making mistakes in the process thanks to the huge number.He said if they notice any such mistakes, they would reconsider the concerned case references. Citing an example, he mentioned the name of top-listed criminal Sahadat, whose case was recommended for withdrawal but later the decision was cancelled.He said the BNP-led four-party alliance dropped 74,000 cases on grounds that those were filed with political motivation.
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