Niko graft trial against Khaleda to continue

The Supreme Court has scrapped a High Court order that stayed the trial proceedings of Niko graft case against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, clearing the way for continuing trial proceedings in the case.

A three-member bench of the Appellate Division led by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha passed the order Thursday morning.

The court also discharged a rule issued by the High Court asking the government to explain, in four weeks, why an order passed by a trial court to continue the case proceedings should not be scrapped.

The Anti-Corruption Commission counsel Khurshid Alam Khan said: “There is no bar to continue the trial proceedings in Niko graft case.”

On March 7, the High Court stayed the trial proceedings of the case against Khaleda Zia.

Source: dhakatribune