Two other special courts recorded statements of six prosecution witnesses in two graft cases against former state minister Mir Nasiruddin, his son Mir Helaluddin, and detained former state minister Aman Ullah Aman and his wife Sabera Aman.

Judge Shahed Noor Uddin of the Third Special Court--set up at Shere-e-Bangla Nagar MP Hostel--rejected the discharge petition submitted by Alamgir's lawyers and fixed May 29 for trial of the case.

Alamgir pleaded not guilty and demanded justice after the judge read out the charges brought against him in connection with the case filed with Tejgaon Police Station on March 6.

The case against Alamgir cites inconsistencies between his wealth statement and the actual wealth he has. The Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) found that the accused did not declare in his wealth statement Tk 1.17 crore that he has in fixed deposit accounts.

The first charge sheet was submitted by the ACC on April 29 against the AL leader.

But the court ordered a further investigation into the matter following a petition by the investigation officer (IO) and ACC Deputy Director (DD) Syed Iqbal Hossain. He submitted a supplementary charge sheet on May 21 against Alamgir.

Following the submission of the supplementary charge sheet, his undisclosed and under-estimated assets currently stands at Tk 2.10 crore.

The IO said Alamgir in the wealth statement said his Banani residence was valued at Tk 8.25 lakh while the Public Works Department set the current price of the residence at Tk 87 lakh. Similarly, his Tk 10 lakh assets in Comilla have been re-assessed to Tk 20 lakh.

Alamgir showed his bank account balance to be Tk 90,000 whereas investigations found that the figure is actually Tk 2.45 lakh.

Meanwhile, Judge Firoz Alam of the First Special Court recorded statements of three prosecution witnesses of the case filed against Amanullah Aman and his wife.

After recording their statements, the court fixed today for next hearing of the case.

In the case against Mir Nasir and his son, Judge AK Roy of the Second Special Court recorded the statements of three prosecution witnesses. The court fixed today for next hearing of the case.