Charitable trust: Court summons for bank statement

Staff Correspondent: A Dhaka court has summoned for the statement and laser books of Zia Charitable trust and seven other bank accounts registered by BNP in Zia Charitable Trust graft case filed against the party chief Khaleda Zia.

Judge Dr Md Akhteruzzaman of Dhaka's Special Judge Court-5 passed the order following a petition on behalf of the former Prime Minister on Thursday.

The court also fixed July 13 for hearing in the case along with the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case.

In 2011, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed a case, accusing four persons, including Khaleda Zia, on the charge of abusing power to collect Tk6.19 crore for Zia Charitable Trust.

The ACC filed the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case against Khaleda Zia, her son Tarique Rahman and four others in 2009 on charges of embezzlement of over Tk2.1 crore by forming the trust.

The other accused are Harris Chowdhury, Khaleda`s former political secretary, Ziaul Islam Munna, assistant private secretary (APS) of Harris, and Monirul Islam Khan, APS of former mayor Sadeque Hossain Khoka. Of them, Harris is on the run.


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