Hearing in Niko graft case against Khaleda Zia Feb 13
Court Correspondent
A court in Dhaka will hold the hearing in Niko graft case against BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and seven others on February 13.
Dhaka Special Judge Court-9 Judge Sheikh Hafizur Rahman passed the order on Sunday.
The court set the date as defence concluded cross-examining the plaintiff and former assistant director of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Mohammad Mahbubul Alam on Sunday.
The other accused in the case are --- Kamal Uddin Siddiqui, Khandaker Shahidul Islam, CM Eusuf Hossain, Mir Moinul Haque, Gias Uddin Al Mamun, Selim Bhuiyan and Kashem Sharif.
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed the case against five, including Begum Khaleda Zia with Tejgaon police station on 9 December 2007, for abusing power in signing a deal with Canadian company Niko for exploring and extracting gas.
The ACC on 5 May 2008 submitted the charge-sheet against 11 people, including Khaleda Zia. The ACC accused them of incurring a loss of more than Tk 13,000 crore of state exchequer by that deal.
The court on March 19, 2023, framed charges against the eight accused.
