Court Correspondent :
A Dhaka court yesterday framed charges against Shahed Karim, Chairman of Regent Group, in a case filed on charge of acquiring illegal wealth worth about Tk 1.69 crore.
Shahed, now in prison, pleaded not guilty and demanded justice after Judge Mohammad Nazrul Islam of the Special Judge Court-10 of Dhaka read out the charges. The court also fixed May 20 to start recording the depositions of the witnesses in the case.
On March 1 last year, Deputy Director of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Farid Ahmed Patwary filed the case against Shahed with its Dhaka Integrated Office-1 for his alleged involvement with acquiring the illegal wealth.
After an investigation, the ACC pressed charges against Shahed on February 2.
Shahed was arrested on July 15, 2020 from Debhata of Satkhira while he was allegedly trying to flee to India.
Later, about 36 cases, including an arms case, were filed against Shahed with different police stations across the country.
On September 28, 2020, Shahed was sentenced to life term imprisonment in an arms case.
On August 18, 2010, another Dhaka court sentenced Shahed to six months’ imprisonment and fined him Tk 53 lakh in absentia in a cheque dishonour case.
