Court Correspondent :
A Dhaka court on Thursday fixed July 28 for hearing on charge framing in a money laundering case against seven people including Mia Nuruddin Ahmed Apu, former Assistant Personal Secretary (APS) to BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman.
Thursday was earlier fixed for hearing in the case, in the court of acting Judge Sheikh Hafizur Rahman of Dhaka’s Special Judge Court-10. But an application was filed to defer the hearing as Mia Nuruddin Ahmed Apu was ill, prompting the court to fix the new date.
The other accused people are- Atikur Rahman Atik, Mahmudul Hasan alias Ferdaus, AM Ali Haider alias Nafiz, Joynal Abedin, Alamgir Hossain and Fayejur Rahman.
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on December 24, 2018, raided an office situated at Motijheel City Centre and recovered huge amount of money. The money was allegedly kept there for using to influence the December 30, 2018, Jatiya Sangsad polls and incite violence.
RAB-3 Nayek Subedar Ibrahim Hossain later filed the case with Motijheel Police Station.
Investigation agency, Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on June 13 of 2021 submitted the charge-sheet of the case against the seven people.