Appeal filed to withdraw Azam J case against Hasina
An application was filed with the Special Judge’s Court-3, Dhaka today to withdraw the Tk 3 crore extortion case against Sheikh Hasina filed by Azam J Chowdhury.
Metropolitan Public Prosecutor Abdullah Abu filed the application.
On Tuesday, the High Court vacated its stay order on proceedings of the case to make the way to withdraw the case against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also the Awami League chief.
Earlier on September 16 last year, the court stayed proceedings of the case and also granted bail to Hasina following a petition filed by her.
Abdullah Abu earlier recommended that 11 other cases against the prime minister be withdrawn as, he mentioned, those were filed to “tarnish the image of the Awami League chief and her previous government”.
The cases include those filed by the last BNP-led government for alleged graft in the purchase of MiG-29s for the air force and Frigate for the navy, and in the construction of Bangabandhu Planetarium (now Bhashani Novo Theatre) and for ‘illegal entry’ in Dhaka Cantonment area to visit the now deceased writer Humayun Azad at the CMH.
Bangladesh Times 