Charges framed against Khoka for amassing Tk 9.76cr
A Dhaka court today framed charges against BNP leader Sadeque Hossain Khoka in a case file for amassing wealth worth Tk 9.76 crore illegally and concealing information to Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) in 2008.
After rejecting Khoka’s bail petition, Judge Md Zahirul Haque of Senior Special Judges Court said the trial will run in absence of the BNP leader.
The judge came up with the order after Mohsin Mia, a counsel for Khoka, urged the court to stop the trial proceeding as he has been staying in USA for his treatment.
The ACC pressed charges against the former Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) Mayor Khoka in the case on July 2, 2008.
Earlier, ACC Assistant Director Shamsul Alam, also investigation officer of the case, submitted the charge sheet against Khoka to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court showing 45 people as prosecution witnesses.
In the charge sheet, the IO mentioned that Khoka submitted his wealth statement showing wealth worth Tk 9.97 crore on December 6, 2007 but the ACC found wealth worth Tk 9.76 crore illegal in his ownership, which is beyond his known sources of income.
The ACC also found wealth worth Tk 9,65,03,609 that was concealed in his wealth information submitted earlier to the commission.
The anti-graft body filed the case on April 2, 2008 against him, his wife Ishmat Ara, son Ishrak and daughter Sarika for accumulating wealth worth over Tk 17.57 crore, which does not match his actual income and concealing information about his wealth.
Khoka's wife, son and daughter were accused of assisting him for committing the offences.
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