Case Against Mosharraf
HC clears way for trial
The High Court yesterday cleared the way for continuing the trial proceedings of a corruption case against BNP leader and former health minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain.
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed the case with Ramna Police Station on January 10, 2008 against Mosharraf on charge of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 12.51 crore and concealing information about Tk 3.11 crore.
Yesterday, the HC rejected a petition filed by Mosharraf for quashing the case proceedings.
Mosharraf, in his petition, claimed that the ACC's notice asking for his wealth statement was illegal, as it was sent to him while he was in jail.
ACC's lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan told The Daily Star that there is no legal bar for the lower court to resume the trial proceedings of the corruption case after the HC verdict.
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