Court Correspondent :
Police yesterday arrested Khandaker Mohtesam Hossain Babar, younger brother of former LGRD Minister Engineer Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, in the Tk 2,000 crore money laundering case.
Babar was arrested from Bashundhara residential area in the capital around 3 am Tuesday.
Earlier, on March 3, last year, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Police filed the charge sheet in the court against 10 people, including Babar in the case.
CID Assistant Superintendent of Police Uttam Kumar Biswas filed the charge sheet in the Dhaka’s Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court.
The other accused in the case are former minister’s APS AHM Fouad, Khandaker Nazmul Islam Levy, Ashikur Rahman Farhan, Fahad Bin Wazed alias Fahim, Kamrul Hasan David, Mohammad Ali Didar and Tariqul Islam Nasim.
Other accused Rubel, Barkot, Levi and Farhan are behind the bar. Five accused however, are on the run.
On March 7, the hearing of the case began in the court of Judge Mohammad Nazrul Islam of the Special Judge Court-10 of Dhaka. On March 7, the court fixed March 24 for next hearing of the case.
