The High Court has set August 5 for passing an order on two petitions by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia challenging the legality of trial proceedings in the Gatco graft case.
The bench of Justice Md Nuruzzaman and Justice Abdur Rob fixed the date yesterday morning. On June 17, the same bench kept the petitions waiting for verdict after concluding hearing the arguments.
On September 2, 2007, the Anti-Corruption Commission filed the case with Tejgaon police station against former prime minister Khaleda Zia, her son late Arafat Rahman Koko, and some of Khaleda’s cabinet colleagues.
The case was filed for graft in awarding Global Agro Trade (Pvt) Company Ltd (Gatco) the contract for container handling at depots in Dhaka and Chittagong, causing a loss of over Tk14 crore to the state coffer.
