FBI found involvement of Hawa Bhaban: AG
Attorney General Mahbubey Alam last night claimed that investigations by FBI and Canadian Police have found involvement of Hawa Bhaban in the Niko graft case.
He made the remarks in a press briefing at his official residence at around 10:00pm.
Earlier in the day, the AG submitted a petition to a Dhaka court seeking permission to produce three witnesses, including an FBI special agent, before it in connection with the Niko graft case filed against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and 10 others.
The FBI operative is Debra Laprevotte. Names of the two others could not be known immediately.
Judge Md Mahmoodul Kabir of the Special Judge's Court-9 of Dhaka fixed December 9 for hearing on the petition.
Earlier on November 14, the same court fixed January 3 next year for hearing on charge framing against the accused.
On December 9, 2007, Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed the Niko graft case with Tejgaon Police Station, accusing Khaleda and 10 others of abusing power to award a gas exploration and extraction deal to Canadian company Niko during her tenure as prime minister.
In 2011, Laprevotte had helped ACC in its probe against Tarique Rahman, son of BNP Chief Khaleda Zia, and Giausuddin Al Mamun in a money-laundering case.
The same year, she also testified before a Dhaka court against the duo in the money laundering case. Tarique and Mamun were later sentenced to different terms of imprisonment.
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