The High Court on Sunday rejected two revision petitions filed by Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia seeking cancellation of the lower court order rejecting her two petitions in the Zia Charitable Trust graft case.

An HC bench comprising Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Amir Hossain passed the order.

Through this order, proceedings at the lower court would continue.

On April 17, Judge Abu Ahmed Jamadar of Dhaka’s Special Judge’s Court-3 set up at the playground of Govt Alia Madrasah in the capital’s Bakshibazar rejected the two petitions – one for cross-examining the investigation officer of the case again and the other for showing the case document under section 172 (2) of Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC).

The following day, Ragib Rouf Chowdhury, on behalf of the BNP chief, filed the two revision petitions with the High Court that also sought a stay on the case proceedings.

On August 8, 2011, the ACC filed the Zia Charitable Trust graft case with Tejgaon Police Station accusing four people, including Khaleda Zia, of abusing power in raising funds for the trust from unknown sources.

On January 16, 2012, Harun-or-Rashid, investigation officer of the case, submitted chargesheet putting names of four people in the case.