by Staff Correspondent in bdnews24.com, Apr 13, 2017 at 16:25
Two Dhaka courts have rejected BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s no-confidence pleas for judges hearing graft charges against her.
Her lawyer Jamiruddin Sircar submitted the pleas before the two courts hearing the cases linked to Zia Orphanage Trust and Zia Charitable Trust on Thursday.
Khaleda was scheduled to present her defence statement for these two graft cases filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission.
Sircar presented arguments before Judge Abu Ahmad Jamadar. He also spoke before Senior Special Judge Kamrul Hossain Molla.
Judge Jamadar rejected Khaleda’s plea and fixed May 18 for holding the next hearing on the Zia Charitable Trust case.
Judge Molla also rejected the plea and fixed Apr 27 for the next hearing on the Zia Orphanage Trust case.
In 2008, the ACC filed the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case against six including Khaleda, her son Tarique Rahman who has been living in the UK since 2008. The trial began after the court indicted them in 2014.
They stand accused of embezzling Tk 21 million from funds meant for the trust, which reportedly came from a foreign bank.
The Zia Charitable Trust graft case was filed in 2010 by the ACC. It accuses the BNP chief and three others of embezzling Tk 31.5 million of the trust.
The ACC pressed charges in January 2012 and the trial began in March next year. The court indicted four, including Khaleda. http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2017/04/13/khaledas-no-confidence-pleas-for-graft-case-judges-rejected
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