A Dhaka court on Thursday recorded the deposition and cross-examination of the 10th prosecution witness in connection with the money laundering case of BNP Vice-Chairman Tarique Rahman and Giasuddin Al Mamun.
Acting Special Judge three, Md Mozammel Haque, recorded prosecution witness Bivuti Bhushan Sarker’s deposition and his cross-examination.
Bivuti was the executive officer of Sonali Bank, Dhaka Cantonment branch. Giasuddin Al Mamun’s pleader Barrister Fakrul Islam cross-examined the witness.
The accused, Giasuddin Al Mamun, was produced before the court.
The court also fixed June 30 as the next date for deposition and cross-examination of another two witnesses in connection with the case.
The next two prosecution witnesses are Sonali Bank official of Cantonment branch, Omar Faruk Bhuyian, and the Anti-Corruption Commission’s (ACC) Deputy Director Sayed Tahsin-ul-Haque.
According to the case details, the ACC filed the money laundering case against Tarique and Mamun with Dhaka Cantonment police station on October 26, 2009, accusing the duo of “siphoning off Tk204.1m to Singapore” between 2003 and 2007.
The fund was allegedly taken by Mamun as bribe from Khadiza Islam, director of Nirman Construction Ltd, for helping to get the contract for installing an 80MW power plant at Tongi.
Later, Mamun allegedly deposited the money in the Capital Street branch of Singapore’s City Bank.
The ACC, on July 6, 2010, submitted the charge sheet for the case to the chief metropolitan magistrate court of Dhaka after investigation.
On August 8 last year, the court indicted Tarique and Mamun under the Money Laundering Act 2002 and issued an arrest warrant against Tarique.
