'91 graft case against Hawladar to continue
The High Court has paved the way for a lower court to resume the proceedings of a corruption case filed against Jatiya Party Secretary General ABM Ruhul Amin Hawladar more than 20 years ago.
The HC yesterday rejected a petition filed by Hawladar in 1992 for quashing the proceedings of the case against him.
The now defunct Bureau of Anti-Corruption filed the case with Ramna Police Station on May 4, 1991 against him and 24 others on charges of damaging Tk 36.83 lakh of Bangladesh Textile Mills Corporation (BTMC) by reducing the amount of money deposited by different textile mills.
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) took up the case after its formation in 2004.
After hearing on the rule, the HC bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Sheikh Md Zakir Hossain yesterday delivered the verdict, vacating the earlier stay order of the HC regarding the case.
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