DHAKA: A city court on Thursday (November 10) has fixed November 24 to hear the statement of BNP chief Khaleda Zia in Zia Charitable Trust graft case.
The BNP chief also asked to appear before the court on the same day.
The third Special Judge Abu Ahmed Jamader of the Bakshibazar makeshift court passed the order.
He also fixed November 17 for taking the deposition of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) deputy director Harun-Ar-Rashid in Zia Orphanage Trust Graft Case.
Earlier, Khaleda Zia arrived at the court around 10:45am to appear the court.
Zia Orphanage Trust Graft Case
The Anti Corruption Commission (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 Tk over 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 Graft Case
On August 8, 2011, ACC filed the case with Tejgaon Police Station accusing four people, including Khaleda Zia, 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, Monirul Islam Khan and APS to Sadeque Hossain Khoka, mayor of the erstwhile Dhaka City Corporation.
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