Court sends six to jail

FE Team | Published: September 24, 2007 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00

A Dhaka court Sunday ordered six persons accused in the GATCO scam case to jail.
GATCO directors Syed Tanveer Ahmed and Syed Galib Ahmed were sent to jail at 7:00 pm, reports bdnew24.com.
Earlier at 3.00 pm on the day, Mohammad Mizanur Rahman of the CMM Court for Dhaka ordered four others to jail.
Police arrested former CPA chairman ANM Shahadat Hossain, former director AM Sanwar Hossain, former chief finance and accounts officer Ahmed Abul Kashem and former CPA member Lutful Kabir.
In response to an appeal by the counsels for the accused, the magistrate ordered jail authorities to give them division if their case complied with the jail code.
Advocate Mohammad Aminul Haque, counsel for GATCO directors Syed Tanveer Ahmed and Syed Galib Ahmed, told bdnews24.com that their statements would be taken later under the Criminal Procedure Code.
Advocate Haque added that he had so far been unable to meet his clients.
The Anti-corruption Commission filed a case on September 2 with Tejgaon Police Station alleging that GATCO's contract to run the container depot at Chittagong Port was illegal.
The case was brought under the emergency powers rules on September 17.
Former prime minister Khaleda Zia and her son Arafat Rahman Coco stand accused of corruption in the case.
The case record shows that a tender was floated March 1, 2003, to appoint a contractor for the container depots at Chittagong Port and Kamalapur Rail station.
The accused awarded the tender to GATCO even though the company failed to meet all of the conditions.
It is also alleged that the government incurred a loss of more than Tk 10 billion because of the GATCO deal.