Hasina's Extortion Case
Court asks cops to submit probe report by Sept 2
Court Correspondent
A Dhaka court yesterday directed the officer-in-charge (OC) of Tejgaon Police Station to submit the probe report of a Tk 3 crore extortion case against detained Awami League (AL) chief Sheikh Hasina and her personal staff Manu Majumder by September 2.Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Ashraf Uddin passed the order when the general recording officer (GRO) placed the case before the court saying that Tejgaon police are yet to submit the report. Earlier, the same court directed police to submit the report on several occasions but police did not complete the investigation. Tajul Islam Farook, Chairman of Westmont Power Company, filed the case on April 9 under non-bailable sections of the penal code accusing Hasina of extorting Tk 3 crore while she was the prime minister in 1998. Two more extortion cases were filed against Hasina with Gulshan and Tejgaon police stations on June 13.
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