HC orders speedy disposal of graft case against Gayeshwar

The High Court on Thursday ordered the trial court to dispose of the case against BNP Standing Committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission.

The HC bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Khizir Hayat passed the order rejecting a petition filed by Gayeshwar Chandra in 2010 seeking cancelation of the case. The court cleared the way for resuming trial in the case lifting the stay order on the trial proceedings. Lawyer Nitai Roy Chowdhury appeared for the petitioner in court while Advocate M Khurshid Alam Khan for the ACC and DAG AKM Amin Uddin Manik for the state.