Singer Mujib Pardeshi shown arrested in fresh cheque dishonour case

Renowned folk singer, composer and music director Mujib Pardeshi has been shown arrested in a cheque dishonour case involving Tk 4.40 lakh.

Dhaka's 5th Joint Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Sadiq Ahmed passed the order on Tuesday (August 18) following an application by the plaintiff, confirmed Shah Alam Mia, bench assistant.

According to the case documents, Mujib was sentenced to one year of simple imprisonment and fined Tk 8.80 lakh on 21 November 2007.

Of the fine, Tk 5 lakh was ordered to be paid to the plaintiff, while Tk 3.80 lakh was to be deposited with the state treasury.

The case statement says Mujib took Tk 4.40 lakh from the plaintiff in 2003, promising to send the plaintiff's younger brother, Md Solayman Sardar, to England.

Of the amount, Tk 2.20 lakh was paid through a bank and the remaining Tk 2.20 lakh in cash.

After Mujib failed to send Solayman to England, the plaintiff demanded a refund.

Mujib subsequently issued two cheques worth Tk 2.20 lakh each, but both were repeatedly dishonoured due to insufficient funds.Despite receiving several legal notices, Mujib allegedly failed to repay the money, prompting the plaintiff to file the case on June 1, 2004.

Earlier, Mujib was also sent to jail on August 4 in another cheque dishonour case involving Tk 10 lakh filed by Idris Ali Biswas in Magura in 2022.

In that case, Magura's Second Joint Sessions Judge Muhammad Anwar Sadat sentenced Mujib to one year of rigorous imprisonment and fined him Tk 10 lakh on March 15, 2023.

As Mujib was absconding when the verdict was delivered, the court issued an arrest warrant. He was later arrested by Uttara West police and produced before the court, which subsequently sent him to jail.