Dhaka mayor files petition with

The Dhaka city mayor, Sadeque Hossain Khoka, filed a petition with the High Court Sunday to quash a case filed against him on charge of amassing assets beyond his known sources of income and concealing wealth-related information. The High Court bench of Justice Sharifuddin Chaklader and Justice Imdadul Haq Azad is set to hear the petition today. Anti-Corruption Commission assistant director Shamsul Alam filed the case against the mayor on April 2 with the Ramna police. Alam also brought charges against Sadeque’s wife and daughter for abetting him in amassing wealth of Tk 17.57 crore illegally and concealing information about Tk 9.96 crore. The case is now pending with a special judge’s court. Rafique-ul-Huq, defence counsel, said in court: ‘According to law, the ACC’s investigation has to be completed within 60 days of filing a case.’ But the investigation overshot the deadline, he said. Public prosecutor Khurshid Alam Khan, lawyer for the ACC, will present his arguments against the writ petition today.