A Dhaka court on Wednesday directed the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) to investigate a case filed against Dhaka South City Corporation's former mayor Sayeed Khokon and six others over embezzlement of 34.89 crore taka.
The court also directed PBI to submit a report after an investigation into the allegations of the embezzlement by January 31, 2021.
Metropolitan Magistrate Md Ashek Imam passed the order on Wednesday.
Earlier on December 29, Delwar Hossain, president of businessmen’s association at Jaker Supermarket in Dhaka’s Gulistan, filed the case.
The six other accused in the case are -- Md Yusuf Ali Sardar, former chief revenue officer of DSCC; Md Mazed, former deputy assistant engineer of the city corporation; and their assistants Kamrul Hassan, Helena Akter, Atiqur Rahman Swapan and Md Walid.
Delwar Hossain said in the case statement that the accused earlier took around 35 taka from them to approve of some business establishments in Gulistan’s Fulbaria Supermarket-2 which were constructed ignoring the market’s original design. But later, the businessmen were served notice by the city corporation authority to remove the establishments.
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