DHAKA: A Dhaka court fixed Jan 31 for hearing on framing charges against 11 accused including BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in Barapukuria coal mine graft case.
Judge AHM Ruhul Imran of Dhaka Special Judge Court-2 installed on Alia Madrasa ground in Bakshibazar passed the order, after granting time extension plea of the accused on Tuesday (Nov 27).
Khaleda Zia’s lawyers Sanaullah Mia and Zia Uddin Zia moved for her, at the courtroom.
A total of 13 persons have been accused in the charge-sheet of the case. Jamaat leader Maulana Matiur Rahman Nizami and Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed were executed for their crimes against humanity. Former agriculture minister MK Anwar, who is also an accused, died.
The other accused are-- BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, former acting secretary to the energy and mineral resources ministry Nazrul Islam, former Petrobangla Director Mainul Ahsan, Sirajul Islam Chowdhury, and Hosaf Group Chairman Moazzem Hossain, Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, M Shamsul Islam, Altaf Hossain Choudhury, Md Aminul Haque, and AKM Mosharraf Hossain.
On Feb 26, 2008, Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) assistant director Md Shamsul Alom filed the case with Shahbag Police Station.
The case reported loss of about Tk158 crore from the state while handing the production and management in the coal mine.
BDST: 1442 HRS, NOV 27, 2018
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