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SC rejects Maya’s review petition

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) has rejected a petition filed by Relief and Disaster Management Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya, seeking review of a court order that scrapped his acquittal in a corruption case.An Appellate Division bench led by Chief Justice SK Sinha passed the order on Sunday afternoon.Following the order, a fresh appeal hearing of the case will be held in the High Court.On June 13 in 2007, the ACC filed the case against Maya with Sutrapur police station on the charge of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk29 lakh and concealing information about it.A special court sentenced Maya to 13 years` imprisonment in the case on February 14, 2008.