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Hearing on charge framing against Khaleda on Jan 7

Published : Tuesday, 3 December, 2019 at 12:00 AM  Count : 204

A  Dhaka court on Monday fixed January 7 for hearing on the charge framing in Niko Graft case against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and 10 others.
Judge Sheikh Hafizur Rahman of Dhaka Special Judge's Court-9, set up in front of Keraniganj Central Jail, set the date following the time petition filed by Khaleda's lawyers. Khaleda was not produced before the court due to her illness.
The BNP chief, convicted in Zia Orphanage and Charitable Trusts graft cases, has been undergoing treatment at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) since April 1 this year.
Apart from Khaleda, former law minister Barrister Moudud Ahmed, former secretaries Md Shafiur Rahman, Khondker Shahidul Islam, and CM Yusuf Hossain; former President of Dhaka Club Selim Bhuiyan are among the accused in the case.
The three other accused-former secretary Kamal Uddin Siddiqui, former general manager of Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration & Production Company Limited (BAPEX) Meer Moinul Haque and Niko South Asia Affairs Vice President Kashem Sharif --are absconding.
In December 2007, the ACC filed the case, accusing the 11 people of misusing power to grant a gas deal to Canadian company Niko when Khaleda was the prime minister of Bangladesh between 2001 and 2006.
Khaleda has been serving her 10 years jail sentence in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case since February 8, 2018.










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