Hearing on Amir Khasru’s writ Wednesday

Staff Correspondent: The High Court (HC) has fixed Wednesday for hearing on BNP leader Amir Khasru’s writ petition filed challenging the legality of the Anti-Corruption Commission’s notices that ordered him to appear before the commission for quizzing over allegations of corruption against him.

The bench of Justice Borhan Uddin and Justice Mostafizur Rahman passed the order on Tuesday.

Barrister Moudud Ahmed and Advocate Zainul Abedin stood for Amir Khasru while Advocate Khurshid Alam Khan represented the state in the court.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on August 16 issued a notice asking Amir Khasru, a former minister and BNP Standing Committee member, to appear before it on August 28 for quizzing over allegations of money laundering and amassing wealth illegally.

On August 28, the BNP leader sought one month’s time from ACC for collecting the necessary documents in this regard.

The anti-graft watchdog granted his petition on the same day (August 28) and issued another notice asking Amir Khasru to appear before it at 10:00am on September 10.

“If you fail to appear on the scheduled date, actions will be taken against you as per the Anti-Corruption Commission Act, 2004,” the ACC said in the notice.

On September 3, Amir Khasru submitted the writ petition to the HC seeking stay on the effectiveness of the ACC notices, saying that the commission has not issued the notices to him in accordance with the law.


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