ASHUTOSH SARKAR

The High Court in the full text of a verdict has observed that the trial of a corruption case, in which BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman and his wife Zubaida Rahman were convicted and sentenced to different jail terms in 2023, was not held impartially.

“It appears from the records that the testimonies of witnesses were recorded within two months and four days, and the judgment was pronounced immediately after eight days of the completion of recording depositions. The progress and conclusion of the trial at such a high speed created a widespread belief that it was not held impartially,” said the HC bench of Justice Md Khasruzzaman in the 52-page full judgment released yesterday.

Earlier on May 28 this year, the bench acquitted Tarique and Zubaida in the corruption case and scrapped the trial court verdict that handed down

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