Court fixes date for probe report in graft case against Papia

A Dhaka court on Wednesday set 26 August to as the date for submission of a probe report in a case lodged against expelled Bangladesh Awami Jubo Mohila League leader Shamima Nur Papia and her husband Mofizur Rahman Sumon for amassing illegal wealth of over Tk 60 million.

The court of Dhaka metropolitan magistrate KM Imrul Qayes passed the order, reports BSS.

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) deputy director Shaheen Ara Momtaz filed the case with its Dhaka district office-1 on 4 August for amassing illegal wealth of Tk 62.4 million.

According to the case documents, Papia and her husband from 12 October 2019, to 22 February 2020, rented a total of 25 rooms of a five-star hotel in Dhaka and paid more than Tk 32.3 million in cash as room rent, bills for bars, spa, laundry and food service.

Papia spent around four million take in shopping during her stay at the hotel, but couldn’t show any valid source of income against this huge expenditure.

Earlier on 22 February, a team of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested Papia and her husband, along with two of their accomplices, at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport with counterfeit banknotes, foreign currencies and cash.