The New Nation - Internet Edition

UNB, Rajshahi

A court here on Wednesday framed charge against Rajshahi City Corporation Mayor Mizanur Rahman Minu and his partner and former president of Rajshahi Chamber of Commerce Lutfar Rahman in an extortion case.

Judge of Additional Sessions Judge Court-2 Lutfa Begum framed the charge and fixed January 7 for receiving deposition of the case.

The Mayor and his partner were produced before the court at about 11am and were sent to the Rajshahi Central Jail after framing the charges at about 12pm.

Businessman Nurun Nabi of Durgapur upazila filed two cases with Boalia Model Thana in the city against Minu, Lutfar Rahman and his two brothers, Bazlur Rahman and Fazlur Rahman, on August 6, 2007.

It was mentioned in the charge sheet that Lutfar Rahman and his two brothers, as per instruction of Minu, drove Nurun Nabi out from the Jamuna Seed Storage on October 19, 2004 and forcibly took his signatures on some documents and blank papers at gunpoint. Nurun Nabi was 40 percent shareholder of the storage.

Investigation officer and SI of Boalia Model Thana Saiful Islam submitted the charge sheet against them on September 27, 2007.

Mayor Minu, who was arrested by RAB from Dhaka on July 30, is already serving 13 years rigorous imprisonment in an extortion case. He was handed over to Boalia Thana on July 31.