Staff Reporter :
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday concluded the hearing on an appeal filed by Zubaida Rahman, wife of BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman, against a High Court verdict that rejected her petition for quashing the trial proceedings of a corruption case.
A three-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain concluded the hearing and fixed April 8 in 2021 for passing order over the issue.
Advocate AJ Mohammad Ali appeared in the court on behalf of Zubaida Rahman, while advocate Khurshid Alam Khan represented the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
Following a petition the High Court on April 12 in 2017 asked Zubaida Rahman to surrender in a lower court concerned in eight weeks in the corruption case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission.
The court also rejected her petition filed for quashing the trail proceedings of the case which cleared the way for the lower court to resume the trial proceedings against her. Later Zubaida Rahman filed an appeal petition against the High Court verdict.
The ACC filed the case with Kafrul Police Station on September 26, 2007, against Zubaida Rahman, her husband Tarique Rahman and her mother Syeda Iqbal Mand Banu for amassing assets through illegal means and concealing information in the wealth statement.
The investigation officer of the case pressed charges against the three in the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court of Dhaka on March 31, 2008.
In the case, Tarique faces charges of earning around Tk 48.2 million from undisclosed sources and concealing information on the assets. Zubaida and her mother were accused of aiding and abetting Tarique.
Following a petition filed by Zubaida Rahman, the High Court on April 8 in 2008 stayed the trial proceedings of the case and issued a ruling. After hearing on the ruling the High Court on April 12 in 2017 delivered the verdict.
