Khaleda appears before court
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia appeared before a Dhaka court on Thursday morning in connection with both Zia charitable trust and Zia orphanage trust graft cases.
Khaleda reached on the premises of the makeshift court at Bakshibazar around 11:00am.
Special Judge Court-3 of Dhaka Judge Abu Ahmed Jomadar was recording deposition of an eye witness in the cases when she entered the courtroom. The court started its proceedings around 10:35am.
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.
ACC deputy director Harunur Rashid, also an investigation officer of the case, pressed charges against the accused on January 16, 2012.
Besides, the ACC filed the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case on July 3, 2008 with Ramna Police Station accusing Khaleda Zia, her eldest son Tarique Rahman, now living in the UK after securing bail, and four others for misappropriating over Tk 2.10 crore which came as grants from a foreign bank for orphans.
