Court accepts charge sheet against Ctg WASA driver Tajul, wife
A Chattogram court has accepted the Anti-Corruption Commission's (ACC) charge sheet against former Chattagram WASA driver Tajul Islam and his wife Khairun Nesa for amassing illegal wealth.
The court of Metropolitan Sessions Judge Nurul Islam accepted the charge sheet yesterday (23 January) after rejecting Tajul Islam and Khairun Nesa's bail petitions, ACC's Public Prosecutor Sanwar Hossain Lavlu told The Business Standard.
"The case has been transferred to the Divisional Special Judge's Court for trial. The trial of the case will begin in the next date," he added.
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The ACC filed a case against Tajul and his wife on 5 March 2022 on charges of possessing illegal wealth.
He was put on suspension in 2023 after allegations of corruption were raised against him.
During investigation of corruption allegation, it was found that Tajul was also implicated in two other cases on charges of rape and attempt to murder.
ACC Assistant Director Md Emran Hossain filed the charge sheet early this year against Tajul Islam and his wife Khairun Nesa with its Chattogram office-2 over amassing wealth worth Tk59.89 lakh.
The charge sheet stated that Tajul bought three shotok of land in the name of his wife and himself in 2002 and built a five-storied building in city's Raufabad area of Islam Nagar.
