Ex-minister Mosharraf’s brother held over laundering Tk 2,000cr

Police arrested former minister Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain’s brother Khandaker Mohtesam Hossain in Bashundhara of Dhaka early Tuesday in a Tk 2,000 crore money laundering case.

Faridpur police superintendent Md Alimuzzaman said Mohtesam was arrested at Bashundhara residential area of Dhaka around 3:00am.

Mohtesam was the co-chairman of the incumbent committee of the Faridpur district unit Awami League. Earlier, he was the chairman of the Faridpur Sadar upazila.

On March 3 last year, the criminal investigation department (CID) filed a chargesheet against 10 people, including Mohtesam, brother of former local government, rural development and co-operatives (LGRD) minister Mosharraf Hossain, in the case.

CID’s assistant superintendent Uttam Kumar Biswas submitted the chargesheet in the Dhaka metropolitan magistrate’s court.

The other accused in the case are Sajjad Hossain Barkat, former president of city Awami League, and his younger brother Imtiaz Hasan Rubel, former president and minister of district Juba League, APS AHM Fouad, former president of city Awami League Khandaker Nazmul Islam Levi, Juba League leader Ashikur Rahman Farhan, former general secretary of the district Swechasebak League, Fahad bin Wazed alias Fahim, and Juba League leaders Kamrul Hasan David, Mohammad Ali Didar and Tariqul Islam Nasim.