Verdict in extortion case against Chy Alam today

A Dhaka court will deliver the judgement of a Tk 20 lakh extortion case against detained Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) Ward Commissioner Chowdhury Alam and three others today.
Another Ward Commissioner Mujibur Rahman Maju, who was picked up from his residence on August 27, was shown arrested and placed on a 12-day remand in four cases filed in connection with arson and violence in the city's Dhanmondi area on August 21 and 22.
Meanwhile, the proceedings of arms case and money laundering case against detained former state minister for home Lutfozzaman Babar and Harris Chowdhury, political secretary to former prime minister Khaleda Zia, were adjourned yesterday.
ALAM CASE
Judge Mohammad Shafiul Azam of the Sixth Assistant Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court, Dhaka will deliver the verdict in the extortion case against Alam and others at 2:00pm, court sources said.
Three of his accomplices are Delwar Hossain alias Ripon, Harunur Rashid and Rezaul Talukder. All of them were arrested and they are now in jail custody.
According to the prosecution, Alam and his accomplices took Tk 20 lakh in toll from Babul Miah, owner of Bangladesh Super Market adjacent to the Police Headquarters on August 30, 2003.
The victim's wife Aleya Begum filed the case with Shahbagh Police Station against Alam and 24 others on May 7 this year. The investigation officer (IO) pressed charges against Alam and three others on June 18.
MAJU REMANDED
A Dhaka court yesterday placed Maju, commissioner of Ward No 58, on a 12-day remand in connection with four cases filed in connection with August 21 and 22 violence at Dhanmondi.
Metropolitan Magistrate ABM Abdul Fattah passed the order after Dhanmondi police produced Maju before the court with prayers for a 28-day remand in four cases.
In the forwarding report, the IOs of the cases mentioned that Maju was directly involved in the violent incidents that took place on August 21 and 22 at different places of Jhigatala in Dhanmondi. So, he needs to be quizzed to know the whereabouts of his accomplices and their names and addresses.
The joint forces picked up Moju, a close aide to former BNP lawmaker Nasiruddin Ahmed Pintu, from his Hazaribagh residence in the city on August 27.
BABAR CASE
Another Dhaka court yesterday adjourned the proceedings of the arms case against Babar until September 5 following a time petition submitted by the prosecution lawyers.
Judge Sayed Jahed Mansur of the Metropolitan Special Tribunal-9 passed the order after the police produced Babar before the court at 11:00am amid tight security.
The case was filed against Babar on June 3 on charges of possessing illegal firearms and ammunition.
HARRIS CASE
The same court yesterday adjourned the proceedings of the money laundering case against Harris until September 2.
The adjournment came following a time petition submitted by the prosecution lawyers.
The case was filed against Harris on February 4 on charges of possessing huge foreign currencies.