Dhaka, May 25 -- A case has been filed against Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman GM Quader, JP Secretary General Mujibul Haque Chunnu, former Detective Branch (DB) chief Harun-or-Rashid, and seven others on charges of nomination trade, extortion, and robbery.

The case was filed on Saturday with the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court in Dhaka by Nazmin Sultana Tuli, a former central committee member of the Jatiya Party and a human rights activist. The court recorded the plaintiff's statement and kept the complaint pending for further orders.

The other accused in the case are: JP Additional Secretary General Rezaul Islam, central committee member Newaz Ali Bhuiyan, GM Quader's wife Sharifa Quader, former Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Uttara Detec...