Court Correspondent :
The Special Judge Court-3 of Dhaka on Tuesday directed 13 accused, including BNP Chief Begum Khaleda Zia, in the Gatco graft case to appear in his court on April 13.
Judge Abu Ahmed Jamadar of the court gave the decision receiving a copy of a High Court order in this connection, said Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) lawyer Mosharaf Hossain Kajal yesterday (Tuesday).
Earlier, the apex court released the full text of its order rejecting the two petitions filed by the BNP Chairperson challenging the legality of the graft case and its inclusion under the Emergency Powers Act. On August 5, last year, an HC bench comprising Justice Md Nuruzzaman and Justice Abdur Rab rejected the two writ petitions.
On September 2, 2007, the ACC filed the Gatco graft case against Khaleda Zia, her younger son Arafat Rahman Koko, Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami and 10 others for causing a loss of Tk 145.64 crore to the national exchequer, allegedly by awarding the contract of container handling of the Chittagong port and the Dhaka’s Inland Container Depot to Gatco.
Khaleda on September 27, 2007 filed a petition with the HC challenging the legality of the inclusion of the case under the Emergency Powers Act and seeking a stay order on the trial proceedings. In 2008, an HC bench issued a rule and stayed the trial proceedings after hearing the petition of the BNP Chief. In the same year, the proceedings of the graft case were stayed again as Khaleda Zia filed another petition challenging the legality of the case.
The Special Judge Court-3 of Dhaka on Tuesday directed 13 accused, including BNP Chief Begum Khaleda Zia, in the Gatco graft case to appear in his court on April 13.
Judge Abu Ahmed Jamadar of the court gave the decision receiving a copy of a High Court order in this connection, said Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) lawyer Mosharaf Hossain Kajal yesterday (Tuesday).
Earlier, the apex court released the full text of its order rejecting the two petitions filed by the BNP Chairperson challenging the legality of the graft case and its inclusion under the Emergency Powers Act. On August 5, last year, an HC bench comprising Justice Md Nuruzzaman and Justice Abdur Rab rejected the two writ petitions.
On September 2, 2007, the ACC filed the Gatco graft case against Khaleda Zia, her younger son Arafat Rahman Koko, Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami and 10 others for causing a loss of Tk 145.64 crore to the national exchequer, allegedly by awarding the contract of container handling of the Chittagong port and the Dhaka’s Inland Container Depot to Gatco.
Khaleda on September 27, 2007 filed a petition with the HC challenging the legality of the inclusion of the case under the Emergency Powers Act and seeking a stay order on the trial proceedings. In 2008, an HC bench issued a rule and stayed the trial proceedings after hearing the petition of the BNP Chief. In the same year, the proceedings of the graft case were stayed again as Khaleda Zia filed another petition challenging the legality of the case.
