HC throws out charge against Orion Group chairman

The High Court yesterday quashed the proceedings against Orion Group Chairman Obaidul Karim in a bribery case.
On June 5, 2007, Dhanmondi police filed the case against Obaidul Karim on charge of giving a car worth Tk 50 lakh as bribe to Harris Chowdhury, political secretary to former prime minister Khaleda Zia, to get the construction work order of the Gulistan-Jatrabari flyover.
ACC lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan said his client will move an appeal to the Supreme Court against the HC verdict.
Although police filed the First Information Report (FIR), later the ACC took over the case for its dealing, he said.
The HC bench of Justice MR Hasan and Justice Mahmudul Hoque delivered the verdict.