A court here on Monday indicted Mahmudur Rahman, acting editor of daily ‘Amar Desh’ for not submitting his wealth statement to the Anti-Corruption Commission.
Judge Basudev Roy of the Special Judge Court-3 passed the order following a petition filed by ACC lawyer Mosharraf Hossain Kajal.
The court also fixed May 28 for next hearing.
The court also rejected a petition filed by Mahmudur’s lawyer Advocate Masud Ahmed Talukdar seeking time saying that an appeal is pending with the High Court in this regard.
On April 13 and 19, 2010, the ACC served notice to Mahmudur Rahman for submitting his wealth statement. Later ACC deputy director Nur Ahmed filed a case with Gulshan Police Station against Mahmudur Rahman for not responding to the notice in June 13, 2010.
ACC deputy director Nur Ahmed submitted chargesheet him on July 15, 2010.
Source: UNB Connect
