HC clears way for trying GM

The High Court yesterday cleared the way for the lower court to continue trial proceedings against Hall Mark Group General Manager Tusher Ahmed in nine loan-scam cases.

The bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Amir Hossain rejected a writ petition filed by Tusher seeking a halt of the trial proceedings.

The Anti Corruption Commission on October 7, 2013 pressed changes before the lower court against 25 people for swindling over Tk 2,600 crore out of Sonali Bank.

The accused include Hall-Mark Chairman Jasmine Islam, Managing Director Tanvir Mahmud, Tusher Ahmed, the then managing director of Sonali Bank, Humayun Kabir, and a union parishad chairman in Savar who issued fake trade license to the controversial business group.

Yesterday, ACC lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan told The Daily Star that there is no legal bar for the Senior Special Judge's Court of Dhaka to continue trial proceedings of the cases against the accused following the HC verdict.

Tusher's lawyer AKM Fakhrul Islam said his client will move an appeal before the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court against the HC verdict.