A Dhaka court will decide on April 1 whether to accept the charges brought against 10 people, including Khandaker Mohtesam Hossain Babar, brother of former minister Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, in the Tk 2,000 crore money laundering case.

The other accused includes Sajjad Hossain Barkat, ex-general secretary of Faridpur town Awami League unit, and his brother Imtiaz Hasan alias Rubel, former president of Faridpur Press Club.

The other accused are Khandaker Mosharraf's assistant personal secretary and former convener of Faridpur district Jubo League AHM Fuad; former Faridpur town Jubo League president Khandakar Nazmul Islam Levi; former general secretary of Faridpur town unit Jubo League Ashiqur Rahman Farhan; General Secretary of Faridpur District Swechchhasebak League Fahad bin Wazed Fahim; former joint convener of Faridpur town Jubo League Kamrul Hasan David; district Jubo League joint convener Mohammad Ali Minar; and Faridpur town Jubo League joint convenor Tariqul Islam alias Nasim.

Of them, Barkat, Rubel, Levi and Farhan are now in jail. Barkat was expelled from the AL after his arrest.

Barkat and Rubel amassed Tk 2,535.11 crore beyond their sources of income.

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After receiving the case dockets and other relevant documents, Judge KM Emrul Kayesh of the Senior Special Judge's Court of Dhaka today set the date.

The judge also asked the jail authorities to produce the accused, now in jail, before his court on that date.

Babar, now vice-president of Faridpur district Awami League, Fuad, Fahim, David, Minar and Nasim were shown fugitive accused in the charge sheet.

The names of Babar and five others were included in it as Barkat, Rubel, Farhan and Levi named them in their confessional statements to magistrates, court sources said.

Uttam Kumar Biswas, assistant superintendent of police of the CID and also the investigation officer (IO) in the case, on March 3 submitted the charge sheet to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court of Dhaka.

The IO appealed to the court to exonerate 10 others, who were earlier arrested in connection with the case as they were not found to be involved in the money laundering.

SM Miraj Al Mahmud, a CID inspector, lodged the case with Kafrul Police Station against the two brothers -- Barkat and Rubel -- under the money laundering act on June 26 last year.

According to the case statement, they amassed huge amount of wealth after winning contracts from various government departments in the district through manipulation since 2010. They were allegedly involved in drug smuggling and land grabbing. The two became owners of around 23 buses, several trucks and private cars.