DHAKA: A city court has asked BNP chief Khaleda Zia to appear on December 1 for giving her statement in Zia Charitable Trust graft case.

The third Special Judge Abu Ahmed Jamader of the Bakshibazar makeshift court passed the order on Thursday (November 24) in response to appeals of Khaleda’s lawyer.

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.

BDST: 1752 HRS, NOV 24, 2016
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