Trial of Graft Case against Zubaida Rahman Will Continue

A graft case lodged against Dr. Zubaida Rahman, wife of BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman, by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on charges of acquiring wealth out of known income sources will continue.

The court has also ordered her to appear before the trial court in connection with the case.

A four-member bench of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique passed the order on Wednesday.

Lawyer AJ Mohammad Ali represented Zubaida in the hearing of the case. On the other hand, lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan on behalf of ACC and attorney general AM Amin Uddin took part in the hearing on behalf of the state.

According to sources, ACC filed the case with the Kafrul police station accusing Tarique Rahman, Zubaida Rahman, and her mother Iqbal Mund Bano on charges of concealing information about wealth and acquiring wealth out of known income sources on 26 September 2007.

The following year, a charge sheet was submitted against the three. After that Zubaida filed the petition to drop the case at the High Court.

Following the final hearing, the High Court dismissed Zubaida’s petition on 12 April 2017. Later, Zubaida Rahman filed a leave to appeal petition against that rule in the same year.