DHAKA, April 8, 2024 (BSS) - A court here today set May 5 for holding hearing on charge framing in a money laundering case against seven people including Mia Nuruddin Ahmed Apu, former assistant personal secretary (APS) to BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman.
 
Today was fixed for holding hearing on the matter. But as prison authorities couldn't produce Apu because of his poor health, Judge Mohammad Nazrul Islam of Dhaka Special Judges' Court-10 set the new date.
 
The other accused in the case are- Atikur Rahman Atik, Mahmudul Hasan alias Ferdaus, AM Ali Haider alias Nafiz, Joynal Abedin, Alamgir Hossain and Fayejur Rahman.
 
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on December 24 in 2018, raided an office situated at Motijheel City Centre and recovered huge sum of money. The money was allegedly kept there for using to influence the December 30, 2018, Jatiya Sangsad polls and incite violence.
 
RAB-3 nayek subedar Ibrahim Hossain later filed the case with Motijheel Police Station.
 
Investigation agency CID on June 13 in 2021 filed charge-sheet against seven.