DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will appear before the court on Sunday for hearing in Zia Orphanage and Zia Charitable Trust cases against her if authorities concerned provides her adequate security. 

Khaleda Zia’s top lawyer Khandaker Mahbub Hossain, also the president of Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), informed the matter to the media at his office of the city on Thursday.

The BNP chief will appear before the makeshift court at Alia Madrasa ground in the city on Sunday morning in two draft cases, but the government has to ensure that she will not be attacked on her way to court.

While replying a query on necessity of security, Khaleda Zia said earlier on December 24, her motorcade was attacked on her to appear before the court.   

Zia Orphanage Case

The ACC filed the graft case on July 3, 2008 with Ramna Police Station accusing Khaleda, her eldest son Tarique Rahman and four others of misappropriating over Tk 2.10 crore which came as grants from a foreign bank for orphans.  

The other accused are former BNP lawmaker Kazi Saleemul Haque, businessperson Sharfuddin Ahmed, Khaleda's former principal secretary Kamal Uddin Siddiqui and Momenur Rahman.

Zia Charitable Trust Case

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

The other accused in the case are Harris Chowdhury, Ziaul Islam Munna, assistant private secretary (APS) to Harris, and Monirul Islam Khan, APS to Sadeque Hossain Khoka, mayor of the erstwhile Dhaka City Corporation.

BDST: 1540 HRS, APR 02, 2015