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Bangladeshi ex-PM Zia summoned in graft case

Xinhua, February 23, 2016 Adjust font size:

Bangladeshi ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia has been asked to appear before a court in capital Dhaka on April 13 for a corruption case.

Judge Abu Ahmed Jamadar of Special Judge's Court-3 passed the order Tuesday after receiving copy of the High Court's Feb. 15 verdict that rejected two petitions filed by Khaleda challenging the legality of proceedings in the Global Agro Trade (Pvt) Company Ltd (Gatco) graft case.

Bangladesh's Anti-Corruption Commission on Sept. 2 , 2007 lodged the case against Khaleda, her youngest son late Arafat Rahman Koko and 11 others.

According to the case statement, there was corruption in the awarding of a contract to Gatco for container management at inland depots in Dhaka and Chittagong.

In the Gatco scam case, they were alleged to secure financial benefits of 22 million taka (about 314,000 U.S. dollars) by abusing the power and thus inflicting a loss of 10 billion taka (about 140 million U.S. dollars) to the exchequer. Endit