The High Court on Tuesday fixed March 20 for delivering its judgment in a fraud and extortion case filed against the expelled ruling party leader of a sub-committee, Helena Jahangir, and four others.
Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Tofazzal Hossain fixed the date after concluding the arguments from both the state and defence.
The four other accused in the case are Hazera Khatun, general manager of Helena Jahangir's IPTV Joyjatra television, its coordinator Sanaullah Nuri, Chief News Editor Quamruzzaman Arif and Staff Reporter Mahfuzur Rahman.
Abdur Rahman Tuhin, Bhola district correspondent of Joyjatra television filed the case against Helena and four others with Pallabi Police Station on August 2, 2021.
According to the prosecution, Helena Jahangir took Tk 54,000 from Tuhin for appointing him as a district correspondent on television. After joining the television, he did not get any remuneration for several months. On the other hand, the television authorities took Tk 3,000 for him every month.
On November 21, 2021, inspector Shahinur Islam of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) submitted a chargesheet against Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate court.
On July 29, 2021, members of the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested Helena Jahangir, 49, from her residence in the city’s Gulshan-2 area.
The elite force members "seized foreign liquor, illegal walkie-talkie sets, casino equipment and deer skins" from her possession.
Four separate cases were filed against Helena.
The sub-committee removed Helena for her "involvement with the Bangladesh Awami Chakrijibi League," a group which has no official connection with the ruling party.
