AD rejects High Court order clearing Nazmul Huda from corruption charges

The Appellate Division (AD) of the Supreme Court (SC) on September 7 rejected the High Court (HC) order that acquitted former BNP leader Barrister Nazmul Huda of a graft case filed against him on charges of acquiring illegal wealth.

A four-member AD bench led by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha passed the order upon an appeal filed by Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) challenging the HC order.

Earlier on April 3, 2008, a special court set up a Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban sentenced Huda to 12 years in jail and fined Taka one crore, in default, he would have to suffer one more year in jail.

On August 18 in 2010, the HC cleared Huda from the graft charges upon his appeal challenging the special court order. Later, ACC lawyer Advocate Khurshid Alam Khan filed an appeal against the HC order. (Source: BSS, September 7, 2015)

Deposition against 147 persons including Rizvi, Aman Oct 7

A Dhaka court on September 7 set October 7 for recording deposition in connection with a case of subversive act filed against 147 persons including BNP leaders Ruhul Kabir Rizvi and Aman Ullah Aman.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Atiqur Rahman set the date upon a time petition of the defence.

Sub Inspector (SI) Jahangir Hossain filed the case with Paltan Police Station in connection with exploding crude bombs and damaging vehicles in front of the BNP office at Naya Paltan in the capital city on March 11 in 2013.

The court indicted Rizvi, Aman and others on 25 August in 2014.

Rizvi and Aman are now in jail as they were wanted in different criminal cases. (Source: BSS, September 7, 2015)