FR Tower Design Forgery: Supreme Court orders 3 accused to surrender
The Supreme Court yesterday ruled that three accused of the FR Tower design forgery case must surrender to the trial court concerned in seven days in line with the High Court order.
The accused are: FR Tower land owner Syed Md Hossain Imam Faruque, former inspector of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) Md Aurangzeb Siddique Nannu, and its former deputy director (estate) Md Shawkat Ali.
The apex court passed the order while hearing three separate petitions filed by Faruque, Aurangzeb and Shawkat seeking its permission to move appeals for staying the HC order on them in the case.
The SC passed “no order” on the petitions.
The “no order” means the HC orders will remain in force. The accused must surrender to trial court to file petitions with the apex court seeking stay on the HC order, Anti-Corruption Commission lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan told The Daily Star.
Advocate Munsurul Hoque Chowdhury and Advocate AM Aminuddin appeared for the accused.
The HC on November 5 stayed lower court orders that granted bails to Faruque, Aurangzeb and Shawkat in the case filed for forgery over the design of 23-storey FR Tower in the capital’s Banani, and also directed them to surrender before the lower court concerned within seven days.
It also issued separate rules asking the accused and the government why the lower court orders should not be scrapped.
Judge KM Emrul Kayesh of Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court gave bail to Faruque, Aurangzeb and Shawkat on August 20, September 1 and 5 respectively.
On November 5, the HC bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice KM Hafizul Alam passed the orders and rules, after hearing three petitions filed by ACC.
A devastating fire in the 23-storey building left at least 25 people dead and 73 injured in March this year.
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