File Photo of outgoing Dhaka South City Mayor Sayeed Khokon Rajib Dhar/Dhaka TribunePBI told to investigate and submit its findings before the court by January 31A Dhaka Court has accepted an embezzlement case filed against former Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) mayor Sayeed Khokon and six others. Md Delwar Hossain, president of businessmen, owners' association of Gulistan’s Phulbaria City Supermarket 2, on Tuesday had filed the case at the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court, accusing the seven of embezzling around Tk35 crore. But they were not allocated the shops, he alleged, and the shops were now being demolished by the city corporation. Responding to the news of the case, Sayeed Khokon on Tuesday alleged that his successor, DSCC Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh, had Delwar file the case. “Taposh is making Delu [Delwar] do this filthiness,” Khokon said, according to an SMS his Personal Secretary Habibul Islam Suman sent to journalists.

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 30, 2020 10:18 UTC