The High Court has stayed the trial proceedings of Niko graft case against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia.
The bench of Justice Sheikh Abdul Awal and Justice Md Khasruzzaman issued the order on Tuesday after holding the primary hearing of a petition filed by Khaleda seeking a stay on the trial.
“The stay will be in place until the High Court disposes of a previous ruling issued on another petition that BNP leader Moudud Ahmed filed in the same case,” said Khurshid Alam Khan, counsel for Anti-Corruption Commission, who filed the graft case.
Khurshid said the commission would appeal against the High Court order.
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On December 9, 2007, the Anti-Corruption Commission filed the graft case with Tejgaon police station accusing Khaleda and several others of abusing power to award a gas exploration and extraction deal to Canadian company Niko during her time in office as prime minister.
The other accused in the case are: former law minister Moudud Ahmed, former state minister for energy AKM Mosharraf Hossain, former acting energy secretary Khandaker Shahidul Islam, and Kashem Sharif, vice-president (South Asia) of Niko Resources Bangladesh Ltd.
The commission submitted the charge sheet against the accused in May 2008.
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