The same court will also frame charges against three detained former state ministers in connection with three graft cases today.

HARRIS CASE
Judge Momin Ullah of the Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court will start trial with the deposition of complainant of the case, court sources said.

Earlier on April 30, the court framed charges against Harris in his absence and summoned the complainant and other witnesses to appear before it today.

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Deputy Director Abu Sayeed filed the case with the Sessions Judge's Court on April 5 seeking an arrest warrant against Harris for not submitting wealth statement to the commission within the stipulated time.

Following the case, the court issued an arrest warrant against Harris and directed the authorities concerned to send a copy of the arrest warrant to the police station concerned. It also directed the police station to submit a report to the court.

On February 18, the ACC directed Harris to submit his wealth statement within 72 hours, but neither he nor any representative submitted the statement on his behalf. The anti-graft body at a meeting on March 29 gave approval for filing of the case, sources said.

CASES AGAINST 3 STATE MINISTERS
The accused of three graft cases are former state minister for planning Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir, ex-state minister for civil aviation and tourism Mir Mohammad Nasiruddin and his son Helal Uddin, former state minister for labour and employment Amanullah Aman and his wife Sabera Aman.

Earlier on May 3, the court accepted the charge sheets in which the accused had been charged with amassing huge wealth through corruption and abuse of power.

The court directed the jail authorities to produce the accused before it today.

On April 29, the ACC pressed charges against them in connection with the graft cases filed with different police stations.

The investigation officers (IOs) of the cases submitted the charge sheets to the Court of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Dhaka showing 12 people as prosecution witnesses for each of the cases.

ALAMGIR CASE
ACC Deputy Directors (DDs) Sharmin Ferdousi and Jibon Krishna Roy, also the IOs of the case, submitted the charge sheet of the case against Alamgir with Tejgaon Police Station on March 6.

According to the charge sheet, Alamgir committed a crime by not disclosing accurate financial information to both National Board of Revenue and the ACC.

The IOs said he also did not mention that Tk 1.17 crore was kept as fixed deposit with Karwan Bazar branch of IFIC Bank.

NASIR CASE ACC DDs Sharmin Ferdousi and Abdullah Al Zahid, also the IOs of the case, submitted the charge sheet of the case filed against Nasir and his son Helal with Gulshan Police Station on March 6.

According to the charge sheet, the two accused accumulated assets worth over Tk 24.39 crore illegally.

Helal also transferred Tk 2.83 crore from different bank accounts following his father's arrest, the IOs added.

AMAN CASE
ACC DDs Abdullah Al Zahid and Jibon Krishna Roy, also the IOs of the case, submitted the charge sheet of the case filed against Aman and his wife Sabera with Kafrul Police Station.

In the charge sheet, the IOs said Aman and his wife amassed properties valued over Tk 10 crore though the FIR (first information report) mentioned Tk 8.28 crore.

The IOs said there are discrepancies between income and expenditure of the former BNP lawmaker. He also accumulated huge wealth through abuse of power.

The DDs accused Sabera of giving false information in her statement to the anti-graft body.