Hearing adjourned for fifth time
A Dhaka court yesterday adjourned the hearing on charge framing for the fifth time against detained former state minister for home Lutfozzaman Babar in connection with a tax evasion case.
Meantime, the same court adjourned the hearing till November 21 against acting editor of the daily Amar Desh Mahmudur Rahman in connection with a corruption case.
Judge (In-charge) Mozammel Hossain of the Special Judge Court-5 fixed November 23 for hearing on charge framing after Babar's lawyer submitted a petition seeking time.
In the petition, Babar's lawyer said following an appeal challenging the legal basis of the case the HC issued a rule upon the government asking why the case against his client will not be declared illegal. The lawyer said he prayed for the adjournment since the rule hearing in the HC is now pending.
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) filed the case against Babar saying that he has evaded Tk 2.65 crore income tax from 1999-2000 fiscal year to 2008-09 fiscal year as director of Master Electronics Industries Limited.
CASE AGAINST MAHMUDUR
The hearing on charge framing against Mahmudur was adjourned following a petition submitted by his lawyer. The petition said following a writ petition challenging the legality of the case by his client the High Court stayed the proceeding of the case for six months.
The NBR filed the case with Gulshan Police Station against former Board of Investment Chairman Mahmudur on June 13. He is in detention since June 2 this year.
Earlier, he was sentenced for a six-month imprisonment in a contempt of court charge.
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