Hearing on charge framing against Saeed Eskander July 6
A Dhaka court yesterday deferred the hearing on charge framing against Major (Retd) Saeed Eskander till July 6 in connection with a corruption case.
Judge AFM Aminul Islam of Special Judge Court-1 passed the order after Saeed Eskander's lawyer Sanaullah Miah submitted a petition seeking an adjournment of the hearing.
Saeed Eskander is the younger brother of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia.
Sanaullah in the petition said his client could not appear before it due to hartal called by his party Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Deputy Director Benazir Ahmed, also investigation officer of the case, submitted the charge sheet on February 6 to the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court, naming 12 witnesses.
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