Alleged Corruption
Ctg mayor, three sons sued
A case was filed against Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) Mayor Md Manjur Alam and nine others including his three sons for alleged corruption charges with Metropolitan Session Judge's court yesterday.
Mir Istekhar Uddin, a businessman of Chittatgong city, filed the case accusing the mayor and the others for extorting money from him in June 2007.
In June 7, 2007, Manjur called Istekhar up at his Dewanhat office and claimed Tk 12.54 lakh. The mayor then filed a case against him with Double Mooring police station and got him arrested by police, said the complainant in his statement.
As he was behind bars for eight days, the mayor harassed Istekhar's family and finally Istekhar's brother Mir Ikram Uddin paid the money, added the statement.
The lawyer of the complainant, however, could not say why the complainant filed the case after such a long time.
The court of Metropolitan Session Judge SM Mujibur Rahman asked Anti Corruption Commission to investigate into the matter and submit its report by November 14.
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