DHAKA: The High Court on Wednesday rejected the petition filed to seek cancellation of GATCO (Global Agro Trade Corporation) scam case.

Earlier, Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed a case of corruption of Tk 1000 crore for the employment of contractors in Chittagong Port and Kamalapur Container Terminal in Dhaka.

An HC vacation bench comprising Justice Ashfaqul Islam and Justice AKM Zahirul Haque rejected the petition.

Chittagong Port former director Lutful Kabir appealed for the cancellation of the case.

The case was filed against 24 people, including former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia. The names of two people were dropped due to their death.

The court also postponed the trial procedure of Khaleda Zia’s part of the case in response to her appeal.

On September 2 in 2007, the ACC filed the case with city’s Tejgaon Thana and later the court framed charges against the defenders on July 2008.

BDST: 1455 HRS, AUG 27, 2014