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A court in Dhaka on Wednesday set June 25 for holding a hearing on charge framing in the GATCO graft case against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and 14 others.
Judge of Dhaka Special Judge Court-3 Ali Hossen re-fixed the date, allowing a time plea from the defence, according to BSS.
On September 2, 2007, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed the case against 13 people, including Khaleda Zia and her younger son Arafat Rahman Koko with Tejgaon Police Station on charges of misappropriating Taka 145.6 million while signing a deal with Global Agro Trade (Pvt) Company Ltd (GATCO) for container management at inland container depots in Dhaka and Chattogram.
On the next day, Khaleda Zia and Koko were arrested in the case.
On May 13, 2008, the anti-graft body pressed charge sheets against the BNP chief and 23 others.
Later, the names of eleven accused, including Khaleda's younger son Arafat Rahman Koko, were dropped from the charge sheet following their deaths.