Court Correspondent :
The prosecution in the graft case against military ruler HM Ershad and others in connection with radar purchase continued till yesterday and the court set June 5 for further argument.
On Monday Judge Abdur Rashid of Dhaka’s Divisional Special Judge Court heard the arguments of Special Public Prosecutor Shahin Ahmed on behalf of the prosecution.
On May 15, HM Ershad and other two accused former Air Chiefs Sultan Mahmud Mamtaz Uddin Ahmed pleaded him not guilty in the case. Later, the submission of arguments begun on May 29. Besides, another accused AKM Musa has been on the run from the beginning of the case.
Of the accused, the government later withdrew charges against the remaining accused Shahazad Ali, director of United Traders Limited.
Twenty-two years ago, now-defunct Bureau of Anti-Corruption (BAC) filed the case HM Ershad and four others with Cantonment Police Station on May 4, 1993. Abdus Satter Sarkar, a former BAC official, submitted the charge sheet of the case against Ershad and four others on October 27, 1994.
According to the case statement, 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 others on August 12, 1995.
The prosecution in the graft case against military ruler HM Ershad and others in connection with radar purchase continued till yesterday and the court set June 5 for further argument.
On Monday Judge Abdur Rashid of Dhaka’s Divisional Special Judge Court heard the arguments of Special Public Prosecutor Shahin Ahmed on behalf of the prosecution.
On May 15, HM Ershad and other two accused former Air Chiefs Sultan Mahmud Mamtaz Uddin Ahmed pleaded him not guilty in the case. Later, the submission of arguments begun on May 29. Besides, another accused AKM Musa has been on the run from the beginning of the case.
Of the accused, the government later withdrew charges against the remaining accused Shahazad Ali, director of United Traders Limited.
Twenty-two years ago, now-defunct Bureau of Anti-Corruption (BAC) filed the case HM Ershad and four others with Cantonment Police Station on May 4, 1993. Abdus Satter Sarkar, a former BAC official, submitted the charge sheet of the case against Ershad and four others on October 27, 1994.
According to the case statement, 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 others on August 12, 1995.
