Zubaida files petition challenging sentence in graft case

Dr Zubaida Rahman, wife of BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman, on Tuesday submitted an appeal with the High Court (HC) against her three-year jail sentence in a graft case.

The bench of Justice Md Khasruzzaman accepted the petition for hearing and condoned a 587-day delay in filing the appeal. The appeal was included in Tuesday's 'cause list.'

On August 2 2023, a Dhaka court sentenced Tarique to nine years in prison and Zubaida to three years in case of amassing assets through illegal means and concealing the information.

On September 22 last year, the Security Services Division under the Ministry of Home Affairs issued a gazette suspending Zubaida’s sentence for one year with the consent of the Ministry of Law, Justice, and Parliamentary Affairs following her petition.

She left the country with her husband for London on September 11, 2008, and stayed there for around 17 years and finally returned home on May 6 this year.