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HEARING-GRAFT-GATCO-KHALEDA
Indictment hearing in Gatco graft case on Aug 22
DHAKA, July 15, 2019 (BSS) – A Dhaka court today adjourned till August
22 the hearing on charge framing in Gatco graft case against BNP chairperson
Begum Khaleda Zia and others.
Judge Abu Syed Dilzar Hossain of the Dhaka Special Judge Court -3 reset
the date for holding indictment hearing in the case at newly-constructed
temporary court in front of the Keraniganj Central Jail.
Today was set for holding hearing on charge framing, but the jail
authorities couldn’t produce Khaleda Zia before court as she is undergoing
treatment at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU).
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed the case against 13 people,
including Khaleda and her younger son Arafat Rahman on September 2, 2007,
with Tejgaon Police Station for their role in corruption regarding penning a
contract with Global Agro Trade (Pvt) Co Ltd (Gatco) for container management
at inland container depots in Dhaka and Chittagong.
Formal charge was submitted against 24 on May 13, 2008. But of the 24
accused, six including Arafat, Saifur Rahman and Matiur Rahman Nizami have
died so far.
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