SC okays trial resumption of former MPs Harun, Shahidul

The Supreme Court yesterday cleared the lower court to resume the trial proceedings against former lawmakers Harun-or-Rashid and Mufti Shahidul Islam in two corruption cases.

The apex court scrapped two High Court verdicts that had quashed the proceedings against BNP leader Harun and Islami Oikya Jote leader Shahidul in the cases filed on charges of illegally selling their tax-free cars in 2007.

The SC came up with the orders after hearing two appeals filed by the Anti Corruption Commission.

ACC lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan told The Daily Star that the HC had quashed the proceedings in 2008 following their petitions challenging it.

The lower court will now fix date to resume the trials after receiving the SC orders, he added.