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Graft Case

Trial against Mirpur cop begins

25 September 2011, 18:00 PM

METROPOLITAN

Court Correspondent

The trial of a graft case against Rakibul Hasan, a sub-inspector of Mirpur Police Station, began yesterday with the deposition of the complainant. Judge Mohammad Mozammel Hossain of the Special Judge Court-3 of Dhaka recorded a part of the statement from Anwarul Haque, an assistant director of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). The judge fixed October 31 for the next hearing, rejecting a petition by Hasan's counsel seeking an adjournment of the hearing. His lawyer said they have filed a writ petition with the High Court for quashing the proceedings of the case. But hearing of the writ petition remains pending. So they pray for an adjournment of the current hearing, the lawyer added. Opposing the petition, the prosecution said there is no legal bar to continue trial as the defence could not bring any stay order from the higher court. Hasan, now on bail, was present in the court yesterday. The same court framed charge against the accused on July 25. The ACC filed the case against SI Rakibul with the Senior Special Judge's Court of Dhaka on December 19, 2010. The case statement said Rakibul demanded Tk 5 lakh as bribe from one Ferdous Ara to arrest five persons she had brought charges against on December 3, 2010. A team of ACC caught the sub-inspector red-handed while he was receiving Tk 5,000 as bribe from Ferdous.