Graft: Mirza Abbas indicted, trial Jan 1

A Dhaka court today indicted BNP leader Mirza Abbas, former state minister Alamgir Kabir and one other government official in a case of causing Tk 16 crore losses to the state.

While former joint secretary of housing and public works ministry Bijon Kanti Sarker was indicted, three others were acquitted from the case.

Judge Md Aminul Haque of the Special Judge Court-4 passed the order this afternoon and set January 1, 2017 to start the trial of the case.

The case was filed with Shahbagh Police Station on March 6, 2014 on charge of allocating seven acres of land of Rajuk to a journalists’ cooperative society at a rate lower than the actual value.

Mirza Abbas was the former minister of housing and public works, whereas Alamgir Kabir was his junior minister of the ministry during the rule of the BNP-led coalition.