Arrest warrant issued against Khaleda
Staff Reporter Published: 17 November 2016, 05:54 AM
| Updated: 20 October 2017, 08:42 AM
A Dhaka court has issued arrest warrant against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a case filed on charge of celebrating a fake birthday on August 15.
Mazharul Islam, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate, passed the order on Thursday morning.
On August 31, Gazi Zahirul Islam, former joint secretary of Dhaka Union of Journalists, filed the case with Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court under sections 198 and 469 of the Penal Code.
According to the case statement, Khaleda has been intentionally celebrating her fake birthday since August 15, 1996.
The celebration of a fake birthday on August 15 was a defamation of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family members, who were assassinated on August 15 in 1975.
