Former lawmaker Abdur Rahman Bodi -Photo: Collected

CHATTOGRAM, Oct 08, 2025 (BSS) - Two more prosecution witnesses today gave depositions against former lawmaker from Cox’s Bazar-4 constituency Abdur Rahman Bodi in connection with a corruption case.

The prosecution witnesses-former senior officer of Islami Bank Limited Takenaf branch Rezaul Karim and its assistant officer Tanvir Alam gave their depositions before the court of Chattogram Divisional Special Judge Mizanur Rahman. 

With today’s depositions, the court so far recorded statements of 10 witnesses of the case.

Accused Bodi was virtually connected with the court from Dhaka’s Keraniganj Central Jail where the witnesses were also cross examined by Bodi’s lawyer at that time.

The then acting judge of the court Md Ismail Hossain on September 13, 2020 framed charges against the former lawmaker.

Advocate Rezaul Karim Rony, lawyer of the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) said that the court fixed the next date on November 10 for recording the statements of others in the case.

According to the case, the ACC filed a case against Bodi in 2007 for acquiring illegal wealth worth about Taka 66.70 lakh that was beyond his known sources of income. 

The ACC also accused him for concealing wealth worth about Taka 43.44 lakh in his income tax return at that time. 

The commission also submitted a charge sheet against Bodi in 2008 but the proceedings of the case were held up by a high court order. The trial of the case was resumed in 2017 following an appeal in the Supreme Court against the high court’s stay order.