ACC case withdrawn against BD News editor

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has withdrawn the illegal wealth acquisition case filed against the editor-in-chief of online news media bdnews24.com Taufiq Imroz Khalidi and Bengal Group chairman Abul Khair Litu.

ACC Commissioner on Thursday. The permission to withdraw the case signed by Zahurul Haque was filed in the Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court of Dhaka.

Prosecutors Mahmud Hossain Jahangir and Mir Ahmed Ali Salam on behalf of the ACC filed two separate applications to withdraw the case. After hearing the two applications, the court of Judge Mohammad As Samch Jaglul Hossain ordered their release.

In the application for withdrawal of the case, it is said that the ACC has decided to withdraw the prosecution of the case 2 under the provisions of Section 10(4) of the Criminal 'Law' Amendment Act 1958 and Section 495 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Therefore, it is necessary to exempt the defendants from all liability, including withdrawal of charges against them, seizure of any of their assets, blockade and ban on traveling abroad.

ACC charge sheet approved against BDNews editor ACC charge sheet approved against BDNews editor On July 30, 2020 ACC Deputy Director Gulshan Anwar filed this case against Taufiq Imroz Khalidi as the main plaintiff. On April 25, a charge sheet was filed against Tawfiq Imroz Khalidi in the court.

According to the complaint, Taufiq Imroz Khalidi deposited Tk 42 crore in HSBC, Eastern Bank Limited, South East Bank Limited and Mutual Trust Bank Limited without any legitimate income. It is alleged in the case that he obtained this money by 'fraudulent documents'.

On the other hand, on April 23, 2017, ACC Deputy Director Monayem Hossain filed a case against the Chairman of Bengal Group Limited, Abul Khair Litu, on the charge of acquiring illegal assets of Tk 90 crore. On July 11, ACC investigation officer Deputy Director Mo Kamruzzaman submitted the charge sheet.

According to the charge sheet, there is evidence of concealment of information amounting to 12 lakh 41 thousand 837 rupees in the statement of assets submitted by the Chairman of Bengal Group Limited, Abul Khair Litu. Apart from this, the investigation of the ACC found evidence of acquisition of assets outside the known income of Tk 90 crore 32 lakh 30 thousand.

Bangladesh /SBT