Charge hearing in Khaleda’s Barapukuria mine case deferred

A Dhaka court has deferred the framing of charges in the Barapukuria coal mine corruption case against Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson and former prime minister Khaleda Zia and others.

The court fixed November 20 for the hearing in the case.

Dhaka special judge court-3 Judge Md Abu Taher set the date on Tuesday (November 5).

Abdul Hannan Bhuiyan, lawyer of Khaleda Zia said that the case was scheduled to be heard by the court today. But Khaleda Zia, the main accused in the case, could not appear in the court as she was sick.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on February 26, 2008 filed the graft case against Khaleda Zia and 15 others at Shahbagh police station.