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bdnews24.com, Dhaka

Detained former prime minister Sheikh Hasina denied yesterday that she made any comment about Dr Kamal Hossain recently, as had been reported in some papers.

"I did not say anything about whitening of black money by Dr Kamal Hossain," she told her lawyers in the presence of reporters after appearing in court.

"But a few newspapers reported that I had commented so," the former prime minister said. Hasina was reported to

have made the remarks about Kamal Hossain on Apr 27 to her lawyers while appearing in court in a graft case involving the purchase of MiG-29 war planes.

A number of newspapers published them the following day, to which Dr Kamal replied.

He said: "I have not seen Tk 1 crore altogether in my life ever. The matter of whitening black money cannot be raised here."

Hasina appeared in court Wednesday for a hearing in a graft case involving the setting up of barge-mounted power plants during her term as prime minister.

The AL chief said no misappropriation had taken place during her regime.

"Charges were brought against me in the power plants case without the report of the evaluation committee. How can the authorities say that misappropriation took place without the report?" Hasina said in the presence of reporters.

"Cases should be filed against those who have filed the case against us," she said.