Staff Correspondent

A Dhaka court on Thursday rejected an appeal filed by the detained former prime minister Khaleda Zia for her appearance in the GATCO corruption case proceedings.

The court of additional metropolitan magistrate Golam Rabbani, issued the order after hearing the appeal filed on Wednesday. The judge asked the Anti-Corruption Commission to file the charge sheet in the case by March 9.

The commission on September 2 filed the case against Khaleda and 12 others for awarding GATCO the contract of container handling at the Inland Container Depot in Dhaka and Chittagong Port allegedly in exchange for money. Investigations into the case have been completed, but the commission has not yet filed the charge sheet with the court.

My client was arrested in the case on September 3, 2007 but she has never been produced in court for hearing, counsels of Khaleda Zia, also the BNP chairperson, told the court. Long detention without trial was a violation of law. She might be inflicted with serious mental and physical illnesses because of the detention, the lawyer feared.

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