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Court Correspondent

The Metropolitan Session Judge of Dhaka yesterday ordered warrant of arrest against former State Minister Redwan Ahmed's wife and Juba League leader Mirza Azam in two separate graft cases.

Judge Md Azizul Haque also ordered attachment of their properties.

Earlier on Tuesday the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) pressed charges against detained former BNP State Minister Redwan Ahmed and his wife Momtaj Ahmed in a case filed in connection with Taka 2.95 crore and concealing wealth information in the statement he submitted to the commission.

ACC Deputy Director and Investigation (IO) of the case Tuesday submitted the charge-sheet to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court. IO Shahin Ara Momtaj sought issuance of arrest warrant against Momtaj Ahmed and order to attach her properties as she has been absconding and Redwan was earlier taken into custody. In the charge sheet, the IO said, Redwan now a leader of Liberal Democratic Party amassed wealth worth Taka 2,95,45,500 through illegal means and concealed information about his property worth Taka 4,05,24,511. He submitted the wealth statement through Jail Authorities. His wife Momtaj was included in the case for abetting her husband in amassing and concealing wealth.

ACC also submitted charge-sheet against Mirza Azam, however, prayed for discharging his wife from the instant graft case. Azam was accused of having wealth worth Taka 56,20,214 beyond his known sources of income and concealing facts about his wealth worth Taka 34,84,975. Both the cases have been filed under Emergency Power Rules (EPR) 2007.