Nazmul and Feroz are currently in detentions.

Meanwhile, police yesterday submitted a charge sheet to a Gazipur court against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's adviser Brig (retd) ASM Hannan Shah and his son Shah Rezaul Hannan in connection with an extortion case, both of whom are also currently detained.

Former FBCCI president Abdul Awal Mintoo was sent to Dhaka Central Jail yesterday, while recently sacked chief conservator of forests Osman Gani, and the owner of Bengal Group, Abul Khair Litu, were sent to five and three days of remand respectively. All three were detained in recent anti-corruption drives.

And detained Awami League General Secretary Adbul Jalil was still admitted to the coronary care unit of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University yesterday.

The investigation officer (IO) of the graft case filed against the former communications minister and his wife, Mirza Zahidul Islam, who is also an assistant director of ACC, submitted the charge sheet against them to the court of Chief Metropalitan Magistrate (CMM) of Dhaka yesterday afternoon, naming 39 people as prosecution witnesses.

Deputy Director of ACC Shafiqul Islam filed the case on March 21 with Dhanmondi police station against the former minister for taking a bribe of Tk 2.4 crore from Mir Zahir Hossain, the owner of Mir Akter Hossain Ltd, a construction firm.

The IO in the charge sheet mentioned that Nazmul Huda took the bribe from Zahir, elder brother of current FBCCI President Mir Nasir Hossain. Zahir handed over the bribe to the former minister at the latter's Dhanmondi residence in three cheques in exchange for a roads and highways department's work order of Tk 30 crore.

According to the investigators, the money was deposited to an account in Motijheel corporate branch of Agrani Bank maintained by Khoborer Antorale, a newspaper owned by Sigma Huda.

Sources said, later Tk 1 crore from the deposited bribe money was transferred to two fixed deposit accounts of the Motijheel branch of HSBC bank dividing the amount into Tk 50 lakh each in the names of two daughters of the minister.

The joint forces recovered evidence of Nazmul Huda taking the bribe, during a raid in his residence following his arrest during an anti-corruption crackdown on February 4. The investigators traced Mir Zahir following a paper trail recovered from the residence.

Zahir corroborated the allegations against Nazmul Huda, to a magistrate.

CHARGE SHEET AGAINST CBA LEADER AND WIFE
Investigation officer (IO) of the case, Mobara Khanam, deputy director (DD) of ACC, submitted the charge sheet before CMM court against Sonali Bank collective bargaining agent (CBA) leader Feroz Miah and his wife Roushan Ara Begum yesterday, naming 33 people as prosecution witnesses.

Assistant Director of ACC Nurul Alam filed the case with Ramna police station on March 20 against the two in connection with submission of wealth statements to the commission with false information.

In the statement, Feroz and his wife gave an account of their wealth of Tk 55,51,786. However, an ACC investigation found they accumulated a wealth of Tk 1,35,93,012 through unfair means.

CHARGE SHEET AGAINST HANNAN AND SON
Police yesterday submitted the charge sheet of an extortion case filed against Brig (retd) ASM Hannan Shah, adviser to former prime minister Khaleda Zia, our Gazipur correspondent reports.

The IO of the case Abul Bashar submitted the charge sheet before a Gazipur court.

General Secretary of the Kapasia upazila unit of Awami League (AL) Ruhul Amin filed the extortion case with Kapasia police station on May 12, accusing seven including Hannan Shah and his son Shah Rezaul Hannan of extortion.

IO Ripon Das of a land grabbing case against Shah Rezaul Hannan and eight others, also filed a charge sheet in connection with the case on Sunday. Mainuddin on May 10 filed the case with Kapasia police station.

MINTOO SENT TO JAIL
Abdul Awal Mintoo was sent to jail yesterday with a proposal for a 30-day detention from the government.

Mintoo was arrested on May 29 during a government crackdown on high-profile alleged graft suspects and was produced before a metropolitan magistrate court yesterday afternoon on completion of his four-day remand.

Mintoo was sent to jail as no prayer for further remand was made.

LITU ON REMAND
Another Dhaka court placed owner of Bengal Group Abul Khair Litu on a three-day remand yesterday. Moreover, there is a 30-day detention proposal from the home ministry.

Police said Litu accumulated a huge amount of wealth through illegal means and was involved in a conspiracy to destabilise the country.

The joint forces following information provided by former FBCCI president Abdul Awal Mintoo picked Litu up from a residential hotel in Gulshan in the capital on Sunday.

There are allegations against Litu of land grabbing, smuggling of money abroad through his satellite channel distribution business, and of defaulting on repayments of loans.

CASE AGAINST HASHEM AND BAKUL
UNB reports, a case was filed yesterday against detained Partex Group chairman and former BNP lawmaker MA Hashem and one of his associates, on charges of land grabbing.

HM Mahbubul Alam, a businessman, filed the case with Joydevpur police station against MA Hashem and Shafiuddin.

Alam alleged that Hashem and Shafiuddin grabbed 70 decimals of his land at Kaulatia mouza in Sadar upazila in 1995.

On May 28, the joint forces arrested MA Hashem from his Mohakhali Partex Group office in Dhaka. Later, he was sent to jail on a 30-day detention.

MA Hashem and four of his associates were implicated in another case filed on Sunday night in connection with grabbing forest department's land.

FM Shahidul Haque, a forest officer, filed the case with Joydevpur police station against Hashem and four of his associates -- M Mostafa, Shafiuddin, Kamrul and Raham Ali.

In the first information report (FIR), the complainant said Hashem grabbed 5,300 square feet of forest land under Bahadurpur mouza of Rajendrapur forest.

Hashem, now in jail in another case, cut all the trees on the land and filled the land with earth on May 23, said the plaintiff.

Meanwhile, an extortion case was filed against former lawmaker Sarder Shakhwat Hossain Bakul and 40 others with Monohardi police station yesterday.

Makbul Hossain, manager of Vanguard Syndicate brickfield, lodged the case saying Bakul and his followers forcefully took possession of the brickfield from him in October 2001.

Owner of the brickfield Col (retd) Abdur Rouf later paid Tk 1 lakh as toll to get the brickfield back.

The complainant said he paid the extortion money to Bakul.

RAID ON MOKAMMEL'S HOUSE
The joint forces on Sunday seized firearms and documents raiding the Gulshan residence of former secretary and AL leader M Mokammel Huq, sources said.

House helps of the residence said the six-hour-long raid started around 4:00pm and the law enforcers went through rooms breaking open the locks of several doors, drawers and safes.

Mokammel is allegedly in London visiting his daughter who fell ill recently. He left Dhaka a few days ago, sources said.

JALIL'S CONDITION
Awami League General Secretary Abdul Jalil, who had been admitted to the coronary care unit of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) on Sunday night, underwent 17 medical tests yesterday.

"Jalil is suffering from diabetes and heart, kidney and urinary complications. But these are not serious enough to be worried about at this moment," Major Shamsul Haider Siddiqui, deputy inspector general (Prison), said quoting the doctors looking after Jalil.

The tests Jalil underwent include tests of blood and urine, and X-rays.

Jalil complained about chest pain soon after a court had ordered to send him to prison on Sunday. He was admitted to BSMMU's coronary care unit later that day.