Court Corner
Probe report in bomb attack case against Khaleda Oct 27
BSS, Dhaka
A court here yesterday set October 27 to submit probe report in a case, lodged over carrying out bomb attack on a procession, against BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and 13 others. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Devdas Chandra Adhikari set the date as the investigation officer (IO) failed to submit the report yesterday. The case was filed against 14 people including Khaleda Zia, Selima Rahman and Khandaker Mahbub Hossain for carrying out the attack on the procession of Muktijoddha Parishad in capitals Gulshan area on February16, 2015. The procession led by then Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan had attempted to lay siege to BNP chairpersons office, and the miscreants hurled bombs at the march.
Indictment hearing in Gatco graft case Oct 27
BSS, Dhaka
A Dhaka court yesterday fixed October 27 to hold hearing on charge framing in Gatco graft case against BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and others. Judge Syed Dilzar Hossain of the Dhaka Special Judge Court -3 reset the date for holding the hearing in the case at newly-constructed temporary court in front of the Keraniganj Central Jail. Yesterday was set for holding hearing on charge framing, but the jail authorities couldnt produce Khaleda Zia before court as she is undergoing treatment at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU). The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed the case against 13 people, including Khaleda and her younger son Arafat Rahman on September 2, 2007, with Tejgaon Police Station for their role in corruption regarding penning a contract with Global Agro Trade (Pvt) Co Ltd (Gatco) for container management at inland container depots in Dhaka and Chattogram.
