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HC order on BNP chief Khaleda Zia’s pleas challenging Gatco graft case on Aug 5
The High Court will give its decision on BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s pleas challenging the legality of the Gatco graft case on Aug 5.
Published : 2 August 2015, 05:35 AM
Updated : 2 August 2015, 05:36 AM
The bench of Justice Md Nuruzzaman and Justice Abdur Rob finished hearing the rule on the two petitions—issued seven years ago— on Jun 17 and kept its verdict pending.
“The matter has been included in the court’s cause list and Aug 5 has been fixed for the verdict,” the BNP chief’s lawyer Ragib Rouf Chowdhury told bdnews24.com.
The Gatco case was filed on Sep 2, 2007 against 13 including Khaleda and her youngest son, the late Arafat Rahman Coco.
Charges were brought against 24 people in the case on May 13, 2008, leading to Khaleda and Coco’s arrest the next day.
The chargesheet in the case said the state faced a loss of Tk 145.63 million with Gatco being awarded the container handling work at the Dhaka Inland Container Depot (ICD) and the Chittagong port.
Later, the High Court had frozen both cases following petitions by the BNP chief.
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