HC turns down Moudud\\\'s review petition

The High Court (HC) rejected on Tuesday a review petition challenging the legality of a lower court order taking cognizance of the charges brought by the Anti-Corruption Commis-sion (ACC) against BNP senior leader Moudud Ahmed for allegedly grabbing a government house, reports UNB.
An HC bench comprising Justice Moinul Islam Chowdhury and Justice JBM Hasan passed the order after a hearing on review petition, filed by Moudud on May 04 last.
ACC lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan told reporters after the hearing that now there remains no question about the legality of the lower court's decision to take cognizance of the charges against Moudud.
In his reaction after the hearing, Moudud, who represented himself during the hearing, said the HC order was not fare, and that he will move an appeal against it.
The ACC filed the case against Moudud and his brother Manzur earlier on December 17, 2013, on charge of grabbing a government house worth about Tk 3.0 billion (300 crore) in the city's Gulshan area.