A Dhaka court has set 6 July for an order on charge framing against former lawmaker Abdus Salam Murshedy and 10 others in a case over misappropriation of state property in Gulshan‑2.
Judge Md Abdus Salam of Dhaka Special Judge’s Court‑9 fixed the date after concluding hearing on a petition filed by the accused.
Murshedy, in custody since his arrest on 1 October 2024, was produced before the court from jail, while other defendants on bail were also present.
Defence lawyers Masud Ahmed Talukdar, Alhaj Borhan Uddin, Shahinur Islam, and Khademul Islam moved the petitions on behalf of the accused.
The other accused include former RAJUK chairman Humayun Khadem, engineer M Azizul Haque, former member (estate) Lt Col (retd) M Nurul Haque, former director Abdur Rahman Bhuiyan, former deputy director (estate) Md Azharul Islam, and former superintendent Md Habib Ullah.
Additionally, former assistant secretary of the Ministry of Housing and Public Works Abdus Sobhan, former branch assistant Md Mahbubul Haque, and two brothers from Ramu, Cox’s Bazar – Mir Mohammad Hasan and Mir Mohammad Nurul Afsar – have also been charged.
According to the case statement, the accused abused their power as public servants and created false records regarding a plot in Gulshan.
The property, identified as CEN (D) 27, Holding No‑29, Road No‑104, was listed as abandoned property under the B list in a gazette published by the Ministry of Housing and Public Works.
The chargesheet alleges the defendants facilitated misappropriation of the 27‑katha plot by allowing its mutation and transfer without it being officially released from the abandoned property list.
The case was filed under the Penal Code and the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947.
