Graft Case Against Sylhet Mayor, 18 Others
Trial deferred until Apr 5
Staff Correspondent, Sylhet
A Sylhet court yesterday deferred the trial of a graft case against Sylhet City Corporation Mayor Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran and 18 others until April 5 due to the absence of the judge. The trial of the much-talked-about kitchen market leasing case was scheduled to begin yesterday, but Additional District Judge Rafiqul Alam refixed the date due to the absence of District and Sessions Judge Abdul Gafur. Sources said the cognisance court of Sylhet Sadar sent the case records to the district special court on March 13 after the Anti-Corruption Commission filed charge sheet against the 19 accused on February 7. All the accused except Ward Commissioner Azadur Rahman Azad were present in the court yesterday. Azad is now detained in the jail on other charges. In the charge sheet, Deputy Director of the ACC, Comilla circle, and Investigation Officer Shafiqur Rahman Chowdhury said the accused leased the kitchen market of the city corporation at Shibganj Bazar to Azad on May 11, 2000 without floating any tender or taking permission from the ministry concerned. They had misappropriated Tk 23 lakh through the corrupt practice, the charge sheet added.
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