A Dhaka court has fixed June 6 for the hearing of the charge sheet against 15 accused including BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia in the Global Agro Trade (Pvt) Company Ltd (Gatco) corruption case.
Judge Mohammad Ali Hossain of Dhaka Special Judge Court-3 fixed the hearing date in the case on Sunday.
On this day, the lawyers of the accused requested time to postpone the hearing of the complaint. The court granted it and set the new date.
Khaleda Zia's lawyer Syed Zainul Abedin Mejbah appeared in court, confirmed her lawyers Zia Uddin Zia and Hannan Bhuiyan.
On September 2, 2007, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed the case against 13 people, including Khaleda and her younger son Arafat Rahman, with Tejgaon police station on charges of misappropriating around Tk1,000 crore while dealing with Global Agro Trade (Pvt) Company Ltd (Gatco).
Next day, Khaleda Zia and Koko were arrested. The case was included in the Emergency Powers Act on September 18 of the same year.
On May 13, 2008, the anti-graft body pressed charge sheets against the BNP chief and 23 others, inflicting 11 in the case.
Later, the names of six accused, including Khaleda's younger son Arafat Rahman Koko, were dropped out of the charge sheet following their deaths on different dates.
