Mosharraf, Saimon face arrest warrant in GATCO case

Dhaka Special Judge’s Court 3 has issued arrest warrants against former state minister for power and energy AKM Mosharraf and Ismail Hossain Saimon, son of former shipping minister Akbar Hossain, in GATCO corruption case.

Judge Dilzar Hossain on Thursday afternoon handed down the order.

On September 2 in 2007, Anti Corruption Commission lodged Gatco case against Khaleda, her youngest son late Arafat Rahman Jamaat-e-Islami amir Motiur Rahman Nizami and 10 others.

According to the case statement, there was corruption in the awarding of a contract to Global Agro Trade Pvt. Company Ltd or GATCO for container management at inland depots in Dhaka and Chittagong. The graft allegedly cost the state exchequer over Tk 1,000 crore.

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