Khaleda to appear court today

Staff Correspondent: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is scheduled to appear before a court today (Thursday) in two cases--the Zia Orphanage and the Zia Charitable Trust graft.

Khaleda Zia is expected to reach the special court set up in the city’s Bakshibazar area around 11.30am, according to her lawyer Advocate Sanaullah Mia.

The trial proceedings of the cases are running at the court of Dhaka's No. 5 Special Judge Dr. Aktaruzzaman.

On August 8, 2011, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed the Zia Charitable Trust graft case with Tejgaon Police Station accusing four people, including Khaleda, of raising funds for the trust from unknown sources abusing power.

ACC Deputy Director Harunur Rashid, also an investigation officer of the case, pressed charges against the accused on January 16, 2012.

risingbd/Dhaka/November 23, 2017/Mamun Khan/A K Azad