A group of lawyers are soon going to file a writ petition with the High Court (HC) challenging the legality of placing under the Emergency Power Rules (EPR) the corruption case against detained former premier Khaleda Zia, her younger son Arafat Rahman Koko and the co-accused persons, reports UNB.
"When the case was filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), it was an ordinary case. There is no element for which it can be placed under the Emergency Power Rules. Our senior lawyers are consulting this matter," her counsel Ahmed Azam told reporters Wednesday at a press briefing at his Purana Paltan chamber.
The press briefing was arranged as the Anti-Corruption Commission Secretary Mukhles-ur-Rahman said on September 17 (Monday) that the case brought against Khaleda Zia and Arafat had been taken under the EPR.
He had further stated that they would file a corruption case against Tarique Rahman, Zia's elder son, for possessing wealth "beyond known sources" of his income.
"After 15 days of their (Khaleda and Arafat) arrest in connection with a corruption case, it was recently placed under the EPR just for rejecting their bail petition," the lawyer contended.
About the ACC decision to file corruption case against Tarique and taking the case against Khaleda Zia under the EPR, he said, "It is regrettable, unfortunate and not fair."
Azam informed the journalists that they had consulted BNP Senior Joint Secretary Tarique Rahman many times before preparing his wealth statement submitted to the anti-graft watchdog ACC and asserted that he had disclosed all his belongings worth mentioning.
"Tarique Rahman doesn't have any property in the country and elsewhere outside his shown assets. The daily Dinkal is not one's personal property, it's the property of BNP," he said.
Legality of graft case against Khaleda under EPR to be challenged
FE Team | Published: September 20, 2007 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00
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