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BSS-09
HC-DISPOSAL-GRAFT- BARAPUKURIA
HC orders to dispose of Barapukuria graft case within 6 months
DHAKA, Feb 25, 2019 (BSS) – The High Court (HC) today ordered lower
court concerned to dispose of Barapukuria graft case against 10 persons
including BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, within six months.
A High Court division bench comprising Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder
and Justice KM Hafizul Alam passed the order, binning a plea filed by one of
the accused and BNP leader Barrister Aminul Haque to cancel the case
proceedings.
“The court has canceled the Barrister Aminul Haque’s plea, paving way to
proceed with the trial. The High Court has ordered to dispose of the case
within six months. The lower court concerned now has no legal bar to continue
the trial,” Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) counsel Khurshid Alam Khan told
newsmen.
The ACC on February 26, 2008, filed the graft case against Khaleda Zia
and 15 others with Shahbagh Police Station. They were accused of causing a
loss of Taka 159 crore to the state exchequer by awarding a contract for
operation of Barapukuria coalmine to a Chinese company through abuse of
power.
Of the 16, six have already died and their names will be dropped while
framing the charges.
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