Dhaka, June 30 (V7N) — Eleven lawyers, including former presidents and general secretaries of the Dhaka Bar Association, have been accused in three separate cases of embezzling a total of Tk 11 crore from the association's funds.

 
On Sunday, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mehedi Hasan took the cases into cognizance and issued arrest warrants for all accused. The next hearing is scheduled for August 25.
 
The cases were filed by current Bar Association officials — Joint Secretary Syed Moinul Hossain Apu, Treasurer Abdur Rashid Molla, and Zahirul Hasan Mukul — on behalf of the existing committee.
 
In the first case, Abdur Rahman Hawlader, Anwar Shahadat Shawon, Abul Kalam Md. Akhtar Hossain, and Omar Faruk are accused of misappropriating Tk 11 lakh 20 thousand 511.
 
The second case names Mizanur Rahman Mamun, Golam Kibria Zobayer, Prananath, and Bibi Fatema Munni for embezzling Tk 8 crore 30 lakh 41 thousand 290.
 
The third case accuses Mahbubur Rahman, Firozur Rahman Montu, and Nur Hossain of misappropriating Tk 2 crore 46 lakh 35 thousand 401.
 
Court authorities and legal sources say this is a major step toward addressing financial misconduct within the legal community.

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