Former Mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Sayeed Khokon and six others have been sued on charges of embezzlement of around Tk 35 crore.
Md Delwar Hossain, president of businessmen, owners' association of Fulbaria City Supermarket-2 in Gulistan, filed the case with the Court of Metropolitan Magistrate Md Ashek Imam today.
In the case statement, Delwar Hossain said Khokon and six others took around Tk 35 crore from him and 26 other businessmen in the name of "allocating shops at the market's block-A" between June 21, 2015 and September 29, 2019.
But now, the shops are being demolished for violating the original design of the market, the case statement said.
The complainant appealed to the court to issue arrest warrant against Khokon and six others -- Md Yusuf Ali Sardar, former chief revenue officer of the city corporation; Md Mazed, former deputy assistant engineer of the city corporation; and their assistants Kamrul Hassan, Helena Akter, Atiqur Rahman Swapan and Md Walid.
The court recorded the statement of the complainant and will pass an order over the issue later in the day.
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