A court in Dhaka on Tuesday issued an order to attach a flat in the capital’s Gulshan belonging to ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s daughter Saima Wazed Putul. The court also order to appoint a receiver to look after the property. The order was issued by Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Zakir Hossain Galib, granting an appeal of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). The price of the flat is around Tk 57 lakh. The anti-graft body in its plea said the accused has attempted to sell or change the ownership of the assets, and if she succeeds in doing so, the investigation will be hampered. For thorough probe into the graft case, the ACC requested the court to attach the property and appoint a receiver to look after it.

A court in Dhaka on Tuesday issued an order to attach a flat in the capital’s Gulshan belonging to ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s daughter Saima Wazed Putul. The court also order to appoint a receiver to look after the property. The order was issued by Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Zakir Hossain Galib, granting an appeal of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). The price of the flat is around Tk 57 lakh. The anti-graft body in its plea said the accused has attempted to sell or change the ownership of the assets, and if she succeeds in doing so, the investigation will be hampered. For thorough probe into the graft case, the ACC requested the court to attach the property and appoint a receiver to look after it.

Shawdesh desk:

In a tax evasion case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), the court has ordered Shahrin Islam Chowdhury, nephew of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, to be sent to jail.

On Tuesday, Dhaka’s Special Judge Court-6 issued this order. The information was confirmed by Shahrin Islam’s lawyers, Syed Zainul Abedin and Sheikh Sakil Ahmed Ripon.

In the tax evasion case, Shahrin Islam had surrendered to the court and applied for bail. After the hearing, the court rejected his bail petition. He had been sentenced to prison and fined in this case 17 years ago.

Lawyer Syed Zainul Abedin said: “Shahrin Islam was the Member of Parliament for Nilphamari-1 constituency. Seventeen years ago, he was politically harassed and sentenced under the Income Tax Ordinance. Today he surrendered before the court and applied for bail. The court has ordered him to be sent to jail.”

In 2007, the ACC filed two separate cases against him at Gulshan Police Station on charges of tax evasion and illegal wealth accumulation. Among these, in the tax evasion case, the court in 2008 sentenced him to eight years of rigorous imprisonment in two separate counts of three years and five years.

In his bail application, Shahrin Islam mentioned that he had submitted income tax returns from the 1998-1999 assessment year to the 2006-2007 assessment year. He had included the information of all his assets there. He claimed that he did not receive fair justice from the trial court.