SC stays trial of ex-MP Hafiz Ibrahim

The Supreme Court yesterday stayed a High Court verdict for eight weeks that cleared the way for a Barishal court to resume the trial of former BNP lawmaker Hafiz Ibrahim in a case filed in 2013 over misappropriating relief items.

The apex court also asked Hafiz Ibrahim's elder brother, businessman Giasuddin Al Mamun, to file a leave-to-appeal petition with the court against the HC verdict.

A seven-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain passed the order after hearing a petition filed by Hafiz Ibrahim seeking a stay on the HC verdict.

Following the SC order, trial of the corruption case will now be halted for eight weeks, said ACC's lawyer Khurhsid Alam Khan.