BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has arrived at the Special Judge’s Cour 3, Dhaka, in connection with Zia Orphanage Trust and Zia Charitable Trust funds graft cases.
She arrived in the court around 10:30am on Monday.
On her arrival before the court, Judge Abu Ahmed Jomadar of the Special Judge's Court-3 started hearing.
On July 23, Khaleda appeared before the court and it recorded the statements of cross examination of Harun-or-Rashid, deputy director of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), in connection with the Zia Charitable graft case.
Khaled’s lawyer Khandaker Mahbub Hossain cross-examined Harun-or-Rashid.
Zia Charitable Trust graft case
On August 8, 2011, the ACC filed the case with Tejgaon police station against four people -- Khaleda, her former political secretary Harris Chowdhury, his assistant personal secretary Ziaul Islam Munna and Manirul Islam Khan, former personal secretary of BNP leader Sadeque Hossain Khoka -- on charge of abusing power for collecting funds from unknown sources.
The IO of the case, pressed charges against the accused on January 16, 2012.
Of them, Harris has been staying abroad since 2007 while Ziaul and Monirul are now on bail.
Zia Orphanage Trust graft case
The ACC filed the case with Ramna police station on July 3, 2008, accusing Khaleda, her son Tarique Rahman and four others, for misappropriating over Tk2.10 crore from the trust, the amount came as “grants” from a foreign bank.
The four accused are Mominur Rahman, nephew of late president Ziaur Rahman, Khaleda’s former Principal Secretary Dr Kamal Uddin Siddique, and BNP’s former lawmakers Kazi Salimul Haque and Sharfuddin Ahmed.
On August 5, 2010, the IO of the case submitted charge sheet.
