A Hobiganj court on Sunday remanded former home state minister Lutfozzaman Babar into police custody for another five days in connection with the Shah AMS Kibria murder case.
The judicial magistrate court in Habiganj yesterday ordered producing former state minister for home Lutfozzaman Babar before the court on March 14 in connection with the former finance minister SAMS Kibria killing case.
A Dhaka court on Tuesday fixed March 11 for hearing on charge framing against detained former state minister for home Lutfozzaman Babar in a tax evasion case.
A Hobiganj court on Thursday sent former BNP state minister for home Lutfozzaman Babar back to jail after a six-day remand for interrogation in connection with the Shah AMS Kibria murder case.
Former state minister for home and BNP leader Lutfozzaman Babar is now being extensively interrogated at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) headquarters at Malibagh in the city in connection with the ex-finance minister Shah AMS Kibria killing case.
The National Board of Revenue on Sunday filed a case against detained former state minister for home Lutfozzaman Babar for dodging Tk 2.65 crore income tax from 1999-2000 to 2008-09 fiscal years as director of Master Electronics Industry Limited. Syed Zakir Hossain, deputy tax commissioner of the NBR, filed the case with the Senior Special Judge’s Court, Dhaka. Judge ANM Bashir Ullah of is likely to hold hearing on the case at 2:30pm.
The High Court on Thursday ordered the police not to torture former home state minister Lutfozzaman Babar during his remand in custody. Babar, a state minister during BNP's tenure between 2001 and 2006, is currently in remand for alleged involvement in the murder of Shah A M S Kibria in 2005, a sitting AL MP at the time, also a former finance minister for the previous AL government.
Former state minister for home Lutfozzaman Babar was shown arrested in the assassination case of former finance minister and Awami League leader SAMS Kibria. A Judicial magistrate court in Habiganj on Tuesday passed the order to show Babar arrested in the Kibria killing case following an appeal submitted by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID).
Detained former BNP ministers Lutfozzaman Babar and Abdus Salam Pintu had assisted banned Islamist group Huji in its botched attempt to kill Awami League President Sheikh Hasina on August 21, 2004. Abdul Kahar Akand, investigation officer in two cases filed for August 21 grenade attack, said this at a Dhaka court yesterday.
The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the High Court order that earlier asked the authorities to interrogate former BNP state minister for home Lutfozzaman Babar at Dhaka Central Jail gate in connection with August 21 grenade attack case.
