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Charge-framing hearing on Hasina’s MiG-29 case today

Court Correspondent
Hearing on the charge framing against detained former premier Sheikh Hasina and six others in connection with the MiG-29 corruption case will be held today.
Earlier on February 17, Judge Golam Mortuza Majumder of the Special Court for Dhaka Division
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The court directed the jail authorities to produce Hasina. now detained in a sub-jail at Sangsad Bhaban complex, on the scheduled date. The judge also served summons on the six other accused, now on bail, to show up on the samedatc.
The six odier accused are former air force chief Jamaluddin /Mimed, former army chief Mustafizur Rahman, former defence secretary Syed Yusuf 1 lossain. Air Commodore (retd) Mirza /Mchter Marui former joint secretary Mohammad Hossain Semiabat and Unique Group managingdirector Nur Ali.
On September 6 last year, the High Court (HQ vacated the stay order that anotficr HC bench passed following seven separate writ petirionsforquashingthe case The HC order remo.’ed the le^il bar to start the procu-din^ofthe case.
According to the case filed withTejgaon Police Station against Hasina and four top defence officials, the purchase of eight MiG-29 fighter jets during the Awami League government caused aTk 700 crore loss to the public exchequer.
The names ofBrigGen (retaj Iftekhar-Ul-Basliar and former deputy secretary Hasan Mahmood Delwar were dropped from the case due to poor evidence while the former army chief Mustafizur Rahman, /Mr Commodore (retd) Mirza /Mduer Maruf, former joint secretary
Hossain Semiabat and businessman Nur Ali were implicated in the case after investigators found their involvement in the scam.
On December 11 in 2001. Inspector Abdullah Al Zahid of now-defunct Bureau .of Anri Corruption. submHfed charge sheet to Chief Metropolitan, Magistrate’s-Oourt of Dhaka, showing W persons as prosecution witnesses.
Following tiie charge sheet, all the accused, including Hasina. filed petitions with the HC on different dates for quash -ing the case. Following their petitions, the HC stayed the case proceedings.
Hasina was arrested on July 16 last year following an extortion case filed by .Azam I Chowdhury The HC threw out the 1 case earlier this month, but the Supreme
Court yesterday stayed the HC order on the case Four other cases were also filed against her ondifferent dates.