HC scraps Moudud’s plea to stay graft case proceedings

The High Court (HC) today scrapped a plea of BNP leader Barrister Moudud Ahmed to stay proceedings of a graft case lodged against him.

A High Court division bench comprising Justice Obaidul Hassan and Justice SM Kuddus Zaman passed the order, leaving the lower court concerned to continue with the proceedings, reports BSS.

Barrister Moudud moved his case himself, while advocate Khurshid Alam Khan took part in the hearing for Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).

“The High Court has summarily rejected his plea to stay the proceedings of the case until the disposal of another similar case against him,” advocate Khan told newsmen.

The ACC on September 16, 2007, filed the case against Moudud for amassing illegal wealth of Taka 7.38 crore and concealing information about wealth of Taka 4.40 crore.

The court on June 21, 2018, framed charges against the former law minister in the case.