Hearing today in case against Khaleda, others

Hearing of the case filed against former prime minister Khaleda Zia, her son Tarique Rahman and nine others for not submitting service return of Daily Dinkal Publications Limited for several years will be held today at the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court.
Abdul Mannan, deputy registrar (current charge) of the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and Firms (RJSCF), filed the case under the Companies Act 1994 on June 12.
Sources close to Khaleda Zia said the former prime minister might not appear before the court as according to the court order she could send her lawyer.
Advocate Ahmed Aazam Khan, one of the lawyers of Khaleda, told The Daily Star last night that he is not sure whether Khaleda would appear before the court.
The nine other accused in the case are Tarique's business partner Giasuddin Al Mamun, Sheikh Razzak Ali, barrister Nazmul Huda, Maj (retd) MA Mannan, Manjurul Ahsan Munshi, Fazlul Azim, Ali Asgar Lobi, Rokonuddin Molla and AKM Mosharraf Hossain.
According to the complaint, the accused were directors of Daily Dinkal Publications Limited, registered with the RJSCF, and they did not submit service return for several years.
Of the accused, Tarique, Mamun, Huda, Manjurul, Lobi and Mosharraf were arrested earlier and they are now in different jails.
The two other accused -- barristers Nurul Amin Talukder and Abdus Salam Talukder-- have died.