Indictment hearing in coal mine graft case on Aug 5

Published : Tuesday, 28 May, 2024 at 3:31 PM Count : 3196

Observer Online Report

A court in Dhaka on Tuesday set August 5 for holding hearing on charge framing in the Barapukuria coal mine graft case against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and nine others.

Judge Md Akhtaruzzaman of Dhaka Special Judge Court-2 announced the date as the defense lawyers pleaded for time over the ground of Begum Zia's poor health.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on February 26, 2008, filed the graft case against Khaleda Zia and 15 others with Shahbagh Police Station. ACC deputy director Md Abul Kashem Fakir on October 5, 2008, filed a charge-sheet in the case.

They were accused of causing a loss of around Taka 159 crore to the state exchequer by awarding a contract for operation of Barapukuria Coalmine to a Chinese company through abuse of power.

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