Samrat’s indictment hearing in graft case deferred to Apr 9

Court decision

A Dhaka court has deferred the indictment hearing of Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat, an accused in the case the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed, on the charge of acquiring illegal assets and fixed April 9 for the next hearing.

Dhaka’s Special Judge Court-6 Judge Iqbal Hossain’s fixed the new date on Wednesday.

The indictment hearing of the case was scheduled to be held on Wednesday.

The accused Samrat, who is on bail, appeared in the court. At that time, his lawyer filed a time petition as the judge of the court concerned was transferred while the acting judge of the court fixed the new date.

On November 12, 2019, ACC Deputy Director Md. Jahangir Alam filed the case against Samrat on the charge of acquiring illegal assets worth Tk 2,94,80,087.

ACC investigated the case and submitted the charge sheet of the case against Samrat on November 26, 2020.

On March 22, the court accepted the charge sheet in the ACC case in the presence of Samrat. At the same time, the case was transferred to Dhaka Special Judge Court-6 of Dhaka. - Special Correspondent