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Chargesheet filed against Sheikh Hasina in corruption case
Dhaka, Aug 04: A chargesheet has been filed against former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina along with five others for purchasing a frigate from South Korea at a loss of around us dollar 100 million during her tenure, a report said today.
Dhaka, Aug 04: A chargesheet has been filed
against former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina along
with five others for purchasing a frigate from South
Korea at a loss of around us dollar 100 million during her
tenure, a report said today.
The chargesheet was submitted yesterday to the Chief
Metropolitan Magistrate Dhaka after a year long investigation
by the Bureau of Anti Corruption (BAC).
In the chargesheet, BAC has accused six people
including the main opposition leader Sheikh Hasina of
arranging the purchase deal of dw 2000h frigate for Bangladesh
navy causing a loss of Taka 511.17 crore to the government
exchequer, a report.
Former chief of Bangladesh Navy Rear Admiral (Retd)
Rear Admiral Nurul Islam, two senior officer of Navy and two
prominent businessmen are the other accused in this case which
was filed on August 7 last year, the report said.
It charged that Hasina had tried to approve the purchase
deal from Daewoo corporation of South Korea by signing the
project document on a back date, but following objection of
the Finance Ministry was compelled to re-tender the bid.
A press release of BAC said the accused took all measures that the Korean company got the deal even though it was not the lowest bidder.
Bureau Report
A press release of BAC said the accused took all measures that the Korean company got the deal even though it was not the lowest bidder.
Bureau Report