The High Court yesterday included the Anti-Corruption Commission as a party to a previous ruling issued on an appeal by Zubaida Rahman, regarding a case filed for concealing wealth information.
Zubaida is the wife of BNP Senior Vice-Chairman Tarique Rahman.
The bench of Justice Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury and Justice JBM Hassan gave the order after a hearing on a plea by the ACC.
The anti-graft body’s counsel Md Khurshid Alam Khan said they would attend the future hearings in the case, which remains stalled due to a High Court stay order.
The ACC lodged the case with Kafrul police on September 26, 2007 accusing Tarique, Zubaida and her mother Syeda Iqbal Mand Banu of giving false information and concealing wealth worth Tk4.23 crore and earning properties worth Tk4.82 crore illegally.
The charge sheet was submitted on March 31, 2008 accusing Zubaida of aiding Tarique to illegally amassing wealth and allowing him to open two fixed deposit accounts, each valued Tk35 crore.
Upon a plea filed by Zubaida on April 8 that year, the High Court stalled proceedings in the case for two months.