Hafiz, Mamun remanded

A Dhaka court yesterday placed detained businessman Giasuddin Al Mamun on a three-day remand in a cheating case while his brother former BNP lawmaker Hafiz Ibrahim was placed on a two-day remand for misappropriating relief materials.
Meanwhile, Tejgaon police yesterday registered the extortion case against former housing and public works secretary Kamrul Islam Siddiqui and two others as a regular case.
Besides, detained former BNP lawmaker Ali Newaz Mahmud Khaiyam was granted ad interim bail in an extortion case.
MAMUN REMANDED
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sultan Mahmud passed the order after Gulshan police produced Mamun before the court and prayed for his seven-day remand for further interrogation.
Mamun was placed on a five-day remand in the same case on June 6. He had been remanded for 56 days in different cases.
Selim Malik, chairman of Japan Bangladesh Group, filed the case with Gulshan Police Station against Mamun and his two associates on May 31 for misappropriating Tk 8.4 crore at different times between December 8, 2001 and December 20, 2006.
The other accused Rajib Siraj Opu, son of former BNP lawmaker Shahjahan Siraj, and Kawsar Zaman Bappi are on the run.
Mamun, also the business partner of BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Tarique Rahman, had been sentenced earlier to different terms of punishment in three cases.
HAFIZ CASE
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Golam Rabbani granted Hafiz's two-day remand after his 10-day remand was sought before the court.
The case was filed with Borhanuddin Police Station in Bhola on June 13 against Hafiz and two others for misappropriating 208 pieces of corrugated iron (CI) sheets meant for government relief.
Hafiz was also accused in two other cases on different charges.
KAMRUL CASE
Tejgaon police registered the extortion case against Kamrul and two others as a regular case after finding their involvement with extortion through a probe.
The case was sent to the general recording office (GRO) of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court yesterday for taking necessary steps.
Abdus Shukur Prodhan, a businessman of Karwan Bazar, filed the case with the CMM Court against Kamrul, former executive engineer Matiur Rahman Mollah and former assistant secretary of the housing and public works ministry Khizir Ahmed for extortion on June 11.
After the hearing, Metropolitan Magistrate Syed Mojibul Haq directed Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Tejgaon Police Station to take legal actions against the accused after conducting an investigation.
KHAIYAM CASE
Metropolitan Magistrate Shahin Uddin granted bail to Khaiyam upon a bond of Tk 20,000 with two guarantors after defence lawyers submitted a bail petition.
Police arrested Khaiyam in the city's Kakrail area on November 13 after Solaiman, a contractor of Daulatdia ferry ghat in Rajbari, filed the case with Tejgaon Police Station against Khaiyam and two of his relatives.
The plaintiff complained that Khaiyam demanded Tk 20 lakh from him on July 1, 2005 for having him the lease of a parking lot at Daulatdia ferry ghat.
Solaiman said he paid Khaiyam Tk 15 lakh in three cheques of Janata Bank by June 2006.