A Dhaka court is expected to rule on a petition today seeking summons for BNP chief Khaleda Zia, her daughter-in-law (younger son late Arafat Rahman’s wife) and two grand children in a loan default case.
Sonali Bank counsel Md Jahangir Hossain submitted a petition seeking summons against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, her daughter-in-law and two granddaughters in the Dandy Dyeing case.
The defendants, besides Khaleda, are Sharmila Rahman Sithi and her daughters Zafia Rahman and Zahia Rahman, currently in Malaysia.
Jahangir Hossain told the Dhaka Tribune: ‘‘I had filed the petition with the Dhaka Artha Rin Adalat 1 seeking summons against the four defendants.”
Judge Fatema Ferdous is expected to rule on the petition today after hearing the plea.
The counsel of the state-owned Sonali bank filed the petition seeking directive from the court to issue summons against the four new defendants in the loan default case. The court also fixed April 12 for framing charges.
Following Koko’s death in Malaysia on January 24, Sonali Bank Senior Executive Officer Nazrul Islam filed the petition before the court on March 8 as per order 22 and rule 4 of Code of Civil Procedure (CPC).