A Dhaka court Thursday framed charges against Md Omar Faruque Talukder, former assistant personal secretary of Minister without portfolio Suranjit Sengupta, in connection with a graft case.
Dhaka special judge’s court 4 framed the charges against Omar in the graft case under section 26(2), 27(1) of Anti-Corruption Commission act 2004.
The court also fixed July 4 for hearing prosecution witness.
Anti-Corruption Commission brought charges against Suranjit’s assistant personal secretary (APS) for amassing wealth disproportionate to his known sources of income and concealing information about his assets.
In November 26, 2012, the ACC submitted the charge sheet against Faruque to Dhaka chief metropolitan magistrate court.
ACC Assistant Director SM Rashedur Reza, also investigation officer of the case, mentioned in the investigation report that the APS owned wealth beyond his known sources of income.
The case was filed with Ramna police station on August 14, 2012.
According to the charge sheet, Faruque has wealth worth over Tk14.2m earned through illegal means.
It said the accused also concealed information about his wealth worth over Tk0.3m in the wealth statement.
Faruque came under the ACC scanner after he was caught with about Tk7m allegedly taken from people promising them jobs to Bangladesh Railway.
It was alleged that Faruque was heading for Suranjit’s residence with the money on April 9 night of 2012.
Faruque claimed that the money was his own.
Former Director General of Railway's Eastern Zone Yusuf Ali Mridha and Railway Police Commandant Enamul Hoque were also with Faruque at that time.
Suranjit suspended his APS after the incident and so were Mridha and Enamul.
The driver Azam Khan, however, went on missing since the incident. During the charge framing, Faruque was present in the dock. He pleaded not guilty and demanded justice from the court.
