DHAKA: The Supreme Court Appellate Division fixed October 30 for issuing the order upon an appeal filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia against a High Court order that rejected re-interrogation of 11 witnesses on state side in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case. 

Hearing upon the BNP chief’s plea came to an end Thursday (October 26).

An Appellate bench of four justices led by Acting Chief Justice Md Abdul Wahhab Miah fixed October 30 for the order.

Senior lawyer AJ Mohammad Ali moved for the appeal at the courtroom.

Lawyer Jakir Hossain Bhuiyan accompanied him.

Lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan moved for Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).

Earlier, on Sunday (October 22), an HC bench of Justices Md Showkat Hossain and Md Nazrul Islam rejected a plea filed by Khaleda Zia seeking quizzing the nine witnesses on the state side, in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case.

The bench further said that it’s unnecessary to question the rest two other witnesses.    

Later, Khaleda appealed against the HC order.

The court of Chamber Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain then moved the appeal to full appellate bench and set October 26 for hearing.

Khaleda’s lawyer Jakir Hossain said that the Judge Court earlier rejected the plea of Khaleda to re-interrogate the witnesses on July 27.

Later, an appeal was filed with the High Court seeking main interrogation of nine witnesses and re-interrogation of the rest two.

The HC then directed to adopt the same interrogation earlier taken for BNP Senior Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman, another accused in the case.

Besides, its unnecessary to re-interrogate the other two, said the court.  

However, Anti-corruption commission (ACC) filed the case on July 3 in 2008 with Ramna police station accusing Khaleda Zia, her son Tarique Rahman and four others for embezzlement of about Tk 21 million that was received as grants for orphans via a foreign bank.

BDST: 1358 HRS, OCT 26, 2017
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