The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday cleared the way for the continuation of the trial proceedings of a corruption case filed against Dr Zubaida Rahman, wife of BNP's acting chairman Tarique Rahman.
The apex court upheld a High Court verdict that rejected a petition filed by Zubaida, seeking to drop the charges of concealing asset information against her.
A four-member bench of the Appellate Division, headed by Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique, issued the order dismissing an appeal filed by Zubaida Rahman, challenging the HC verdict.
Lawyer AJ Mohammad Ali appeared in the hearing for Zubaida Rahman while Attorney General AM Amin Uddin represented the state and lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan argued for the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
Khurshid Alam Khan said now there is no legal bar for the lower court concerned to resume the trial proceedings of the corruption case against Zubaida.
The Anti-Corruption Commission on September 26, 2007 filed the case with Kafrul Police Station against Tarique Rahman, who is now in London, his wife Zubaida and her mother Syeda Iqbal Mand Banu for amassing assets through illegal means and hiding information in their wealth statement.
Tarique faces charges of earning around Tk 48.15 million from undisclosed sources and concealing information on assets. His wife and mother-in-law were sued for assisting him and concealing information.
According to the case details, Zubaida received two fixed deposit receipts (FDR) worth Tk 3.5 million from Tarique.
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