A Dhaka court has taken into cognizance the charge sheet against Jubo Mohila League's expelled leader Shamima Nur Papiya and her husband Mofizur Rahman in a case filed over embezzlement of Tk6.24 crore.

Senior Special Judge KM Emrul Kayesh accepted the charge sheet in presence of the two accused on Wednesday. 

The court also fixed November 8 for the couple's indictment hearing.

The couple, who are now in jail, were produced before the court today for the hearing.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed the case against Papiya and her husband with its Integrated District Office-1 of Dhaka on August 4, 2020.

According to the case statement, Papia paid over Tk 3.23 crore cash to the Westin hotel for service between October 12, 2019 and February 22, 2020.

On February 22, 2020, a team of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested Papiya, her husband Mofizur and their two accomplices from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport with counterfeit banknotes, foreign currencies and money in cash.

The elite force, later, raided their two luxurious flats in the capital's Indira Road and recovered a foreign-made pistol, two magazines, 20 bullets, five bottles of foreign liquor, Tk 58.41 lakh in cash, among other things.

Sher-e-Bangla Nagar police filed two cases-- one under the Narcotics Control Act and another under Special Powers Act.

On October 12, they were jailed for 20 years in a case filed under the Arms Act.

BDST: 1402 HRS, OCT 06, 2021
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