Mirza Abbas's corruption case to continue

The High Court has rejected a petition from BNP Standing Committee member Mirza Abbas to dismiss the graft case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission against him for the possession of illegal assets.

Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice KM Hafizul Alam made the decision on Sunday.

AJ Mohammad Mohammad Ali represented Mirza Abbas at the court hearing, while Khurshid Alam Khan represented the ACC. Deputy Attorney General AKM Amin Uddin Manik represented the state.

Khurshid Alam Khan later told reporters, "As per this order, there are no legal barriers to proceeding with the trial.”

Deputy Attorney General Amin Uddin Manik said the court dismissed the petition filed by Mirza Abbas on Oct 22. Later, the order was ‘recalled' at the request of his lawyer.

On Thursday, Mirza Abbas's lawyer, AJ Mohammad Ali, attended the hearing over the petition. The court ordered the petition to be dismissed on Sunday.

ACC Deputy Director Md Shafiul Alam filed the case against Mirza Abbas on Aug 16, 2007 with the Ramna Police Station for the possession of assets worth Tk 50 million outside his declared income and hiding information about a further Tk 3.3 million in assets.

At present, the case is being tried at the Dhaka Special Judge’s Court-6.