Graft Case

Tariqul surrenders to court

13 July 2010, 18:00 PM

Court Correspondent

Former forest and environment minister Tariqul Islam yesterday surrendered to a Dhaka court and sought bail in connection with a case filed for misappropriating Tk 3.21 crore. Judge (In charge) Mohammad Islmail Hossain of the Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court of Dhaka took up the bail petition and fixed July 26 for hearing. Earlier on April 20 this year, Tariqul appeared before the High Court (HC) and sought anticipatory bail in the case. After the hearing, it asked the petitioner to surrender before the Sessions Judge's Court within three months. Assistant director of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Shahidur Rahman filed the case with Shahbagh Police Station on November 16, 2008. In the case statement, the ACC accused Tariqul, chief forest conservator Mohammad Anwarul Islam and former acting secretary to the forest and environment ministry Zafar Ahmed of misappropriating Tk 3,21,42,602 by selling timber without inviting any tender. But Anwar and Zafar were later granted bail from the HC on different dates.