The court recorded the deposition of a former ACC deputy director in the case over alleged embezzlement of 27 kathas of government-owned land in Gulshan-2.
Abdus Salam Murshedy. File Photo: Collected
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Abdus Salam Murshedy. File Photo: Collected
The testimony-taking process has begun in a case against former lawmaker Abdus Salam Murshedy and 12 others over the alleged embezzlement of 27 kathas of government-owned property in the capital’s Gulshan-2 area.
Dhaka Special Judge Court-9 Judge Md Abdus Salam recorded the deposition of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) former Deputy Director Yasir Arafat, the complainant in the case, today (21 September).
After the deposition, defence lawyer Khademul Islam cross-examined the witness on behalf of accused Mahbubul Haque. As the cross-examination remained incomplete, the court fixed 1 November for the next hearing.
Khademul Islam confirmed the matter.
Earlier, on 6 July, the same court rejected the accused’s discharge petitions and ordered charges to be framed, directing that the trial begin.
Salam Murshedy and the other accused who are in custody were produced before the court, while those out on bail also appeared.
The other accused are former Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) chairman Humayun Khadem, engineer M Azizul Haque, former member (Estate) Lt Col (retd) M Nurul Haque, former director Abdur Rahman Bhuiyan, former deputy director (Estate) Md Azharul Islam, former superintendent Md Habib Ullah, former assistant secretary of the Ministry of Housing and Public Works Abdus Sobhan, former branch assistant Md Mahbubul Haque, and Cox’s Bazar’s Ramu residents Mir Mohammad Hasan and his brother Mir Md Nurul Afsar.
According to the charge sheet, the accused allegedly abused their positions as public servants and, with dishonest intentions, created forged records concerning a 27-katha plot in Gulshan Residential Area.
The plot, identified as CEN (D) No. 27, Holding No. 29, Road No. 104, was listed as abandoned property in the ‘Kha’ list published in a gazette by the Ministry of Housing and Public Works.
The charge sheet alleges that the accused created false records without releasing the property from the abandoned-property list and subsequently facilitated its alleged misappropriation by approving transfer permission and mutation.
The case was filed under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 and 109 of the Penal Code and Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947.
Salam Murshedy was arrested on 1 October 2024 and has remained in custody since then.
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