A Dhaka court yesterday issued arrest warrants against former commerce adviser Barkat Ullah Bulu and his family members, and detained Awami League leader Dr Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir's family members and two others in two graft cases.
Judge Mohammad Azizul Haque of the Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court issued the warrants following prayers by the investigation officers (IOs) of the cases.
The accused in both the cases are on the run.
Meantime, Bulu, his wife and their son on Monday got bail from the High Court (HC) until framing of charges in the case. But the HC order was yet to reach the lower court.
CASE AGAINST BULU
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Sunday pressed charges against Bulu, his wife Shamima Akhter and son Omar Sharif Mohammad Imran in a case filed for amassing wealth worth Tk 3.23 crore illegally and concealing information about it from the commission.
ACC Assistant Director Monzur Alam, also investigation officer (IO) of the case, submitted charge sheet to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's (CMM) Court, Dhaka, showing six people as prosecution witnesses.
The case was filed with Ramna Police Station on January 7 this year.
Shamima and Imran were accused of aiding and abetting Bulu in accumulating illegal wealth.
CASE AGAINST ALAMGIR'S FAMILY
The same court issued arrest warrants against Alamgir's wife, their two sons and a daughter and two others in a case filed for amassing wealth worth over Tk 2.58 crore through illegal means.
The accused are Sitara Alamgir, wife of Alamgir, and their sons Jalal Alamgir, Joy Alamgir, daughter Shirin Alamgir and caretaker of their house Towfiqur Rahman and his wife Ipshita Rahman.
On August 21, ACC Assistant Director Raheela Khatun, also IO of the case, submitted charge sheet to the CMM's Court, Dhaka, showing 25 people as prosecution witnesses.
In the charge sheet, the IO mentioned that Sitara amassed wealth worth more than Tk 2.58 crore through illegal means and concealed information about wealth worth over Tk 75.19 lakh from the ACC.
On December 24 last year, the ACC filed the case with Ramna Police Station against Sitara Alamgir for amassing wealth worth more than Tk 1.35 crore through illegal means. But the IO included the other five in the list of accused.