Khaleda to appear before court Thursday in graft cases

Khaleda’s Chief Counsel Sanaullah Mia confirmed the matter to the Dhaka Tribune on Wednesday morning. He said: “The BNP chief will appear before the court around 11:30am.” Khaleda is scheduled to place her self-defence statement before a Dhaka special judge’s court in the Zia Charitable Trust graft case. She will also be cross-examined by the same court in the Zia Orphanage Trust case. In 2008, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed a case against six people, including Khaleda Zia and her eldest son Tarique Rahman, for allegedly misusing Tk2.1 crore from the funds of the Zia Orphanage Trust. In 2011, the ACC accused the BNP chief and three others of misappropriating Tk3.15 crore from the Zia Charitable Trust fund.