Arguments in graft case against Mirza Abbas on Nov 22

City Desk :
A court here on Wednesday set November 22 for placing arguments in a case filed against BNP standing committee member Mirza Abbas for amassing illegal wealth and concealing the information.

Judge Manjurul Imam of Dhaka Special Judge Court-6 passed the order as the accused testified in the case for the second day. Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) counsel later cross-examined him, reports BSS.

The court on November 5 showed Abbas arrested in the case and allowed a defence plea for allowing producing defence witnesses afresh. Dhaka Special Judge Court-6 on October 31 cancelled Mirza Abbas’s bail in the case and issued arrest warrant against him.

The ACC on August 16, 2007, filed the case with Ramna Police Station for amassing illegal wealth of Taka 7.54 crore and concealing information about wealth of Taka 57.26 lakh