Graft Case Against Tawfiq
HC scraps proceedings
The High Court (HC) yesterday quashed the proceedings against Prime Minister's Energy Adviser Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury in the barge-mounted power plant corruption case.
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed the case with Tejgaon Police Station on September 2, 2007 accusing Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury and five others on charge of committing corruption in setting up the power plant in Khulna.
An HC bench of Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik and Justice Sheikh Md Zakir Hossain passed the verdict following a writ petition filed by Tawfiq challenging the proceedings of the case against him.
Following the writ petition, the HC on February 3, 2008 stayed the proceedings against him and issued a rule upon the ACC and the government to explain why the proceedings should not be quashed.
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