UNB, Sylhet :
A court here on Thursday sentenced industrialist Ragib Ali and his son Abdul Hye to 14 years rigorous imprisonment in a case filed for grabbing the endowment property of Tarapur Tea Estate through forgery.
Sylhet Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Saifuzzaman Hero pronounced the verdict in presence of the accused.
Public prosecutor Misbah Uddin Siraj said the court also fined them Tk 10,000 each and they will have to serve three months more jail term in case of failure to pay the fine.
The court recorded the testimony of 11 witnesses out of 14 in the case which
ended on December 14, 2016.
On August 25, 1999, the then parliamentary watchdog on land affairs found that the Tarapur Tea Estate grabbed a vast area of an endowment property and set up several establishments on the land illegally.
Later, the subcommittee of the parliamentary watchdog recommended taking legal action against the illegal occupants.
SM Abdul Hye, the land commissioner of Sylhet Sadar, filed two cases against six people, including Ragib Ali, with Sylhet Kotwali Police Station on September 27, 2005.
The cases were filed one for grabbing endowment property of Tarapur Tea Estate after fabricating document of the Ministry of Land against Ragib and his son Hye and another for misappropriating Tk 1,000 crore of the government.
The other accused are Pankaj Kumar Gupta, current caretaker of Tarapur Tea Estate, Ragib’s son Abdul Hye, his son-in-law Abdul Quadir and daughter Rozina Qaudir and Dewan Moshtaque Majid.
On January 19 last, the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court asked the authorities concerned to reclaim Tarapur Tea Estate. The SC also ordered reinvestigation into the cases although police submitted a final report disposing of the case.
Following the SC order, Sylhet Metropolitan Magistrate court ordered the Police to Bureau of Investigation (PBI) to investigate the cases again. On July 10, the PBI submitted a report accusing Ragib Ali and his son Hye.
A court here on Thursday sentenced industrialist Ragib Ali and his son Abdul Hye to 14 years rigorous imprisonment in a case filed for grabbing the endowment property of Tarapur Tea Estate through forgery.
Sylhet Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Saifuzzaman Hero pronounced the verdict in presence of the accused.
Public prosecutor Misbah Uddin Siraj said the court also fined them Tk 10,000 each and they will have to serve three months more jail term in case of failure to pay the fine.
The court recorded the testimony of 11 witnesses out of 14 in the case which
ended on December 14, 2016.
On August 25, 1999, the then parliamentary watchdog on land affairs found that the Tarapur Tea Estate grabbed a vast area of an endowment property and set up several establishments on the land illegally.
Later, the subcommittee of the parliamentary watchdog recommended taking legal action against the illegal occupants.
SM Abdul Hye, the land commissioner of Sylhet Sadar, filed two cases against six people, including Ragib Ali, with Sylhet Kotwali Police Station on September 27, 2005.
The cases were filed one for grabbing endowment property of Tarapur Tea Estate after fabricating document of the Ministry of Land against Ragib and his son Hye and another for misappropriating Tk 1,000 crore of the government.
The other accused are Pankaj Kumar Gupta, current caretaker of Tarapur Tea Estate, Ragib’s son Abdul Hye, his son-in-law Abdul Quadir and daughter Rozina Qaudir and Dewan Moshtaque Majid.
On January 19 last, the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court asked the authorities concerned to reclaim Tarapur Tea Estate. The SC also ordered reinvestigation into the cases although police submitted a final report disposing of the case.
Following the SC order, Sylhet Metropolitan Magistrate court ordered the Police to Bureau of Investigation (PBI) to investigate the cases again. On July 10, the PBI submitted a report accusing Ragib Ali and his son Hye.
