Desk Report: The government has set up a temporary court at the old Dhaka central jail to hold the trial of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and three others in the Zia Charitable Trust corruption case.
Deputy Commissioner (DC) (prosecution) Anisur Rahman yesterday confirmed the development, reports Daily Star.
Judge Md Akhtaruzzaman of the Special Judge Court-5 will hold the trial from tomorrow.
The decision was made as Khaleda Zia has not been produced before the makeshift court at Bakshibazar Alia Madrasa in the Zia Charitable Trust case since she was convicted in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case on February 8, 2018, and is now serving five years’ rigorous imprisonment at the old central jail in Nazimuddin Road of Old Dhaka, the DC said.
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed the Zia Charitable Trust corruption case with Tejgaon Police Station in August 2011, accusing Khaleda and three others of abusing power to raise funds for the trust from unknown sources.
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