Salman, Inu, Menon, Kamal shown arrested in several cases

A Dhaka court has shown arrested former private industry affairs adviser Salman F Rahman, ex-ministers Hasanul Haque Inu, Rashed Khan Menon and Kamal Ahmed Majumder in connection with different murder and attempt to murder cases, report agencies.

The investigation officers (IOs) of the concerned cases produced them before the court of metropolitan magistrate Sharifur Rahman and prayed for showing them arrested in those cases filed with city's different police stations.

The metropolitan magistrate after hearing the statements of the prosecution side granted the petitions of the IOs.

The lawyers of the accused also moved bail petitions before the court but the court ordered to send them to jail rejecting their bail petitions.

Meanwhile, Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed separate cases against former Feni-2 MP Nizam Uddin Hazari and former Bangladesh cricket team captain and former Manikganj-1 MP Naimur Rahman Durjoy on charges of acquiring illegal wealth, reports UNB.

ACC Director General (Prevention) Md. Akhter Hossain said the cases were filed on Wednesday after the primary investigation said.

Primary investigators show evidence of unusual transactions amounting to about Tk 5.49 billion in 82 bank accounts linked to Nizam Hazari. Of this, the ACC alleges Tk 187.2 million constitutes illegal wealth.