Sylhet's Ragib Ali faces arrest

A Sylhet court yesterday issued arrest warrants against six people, including industrialist Ragib Ali and three of his family members, in two cases filed over grabbing land of an endowment property.

The court passed the order after accepting two chargesheets against them.

The other accused are Pankaj Kumar Gupta, current caretaker of Tara Tea Garden, Ragib's son Abdul Hye, his son-in-law Abdul Quadir and daughter Rozina Qaudir and Dewan Moshtaque Majid.

Police submitted the chargesheets to Sylhet Metropolitan Magistrate Court on July 10. Ragib Ali was shown accused in both the chargesheets.

SM Abdul Hye, land commissioner of Sylhet Sadar, filed the two cases with Sylhet Kotwali Police Station on September 27, 2005.