Petition filed for producing Khaleda before court

Staff Correspondent: In Zia Charitable Trust graft case, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a petition for a production warrant to produce BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia before a special court in Dhaka.

Public Prosecutor Mosharraf Hossain Kajal, also a lawyer for ACC, submitted the petition to the court of Judge Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman of Special Judge Court-5 in Dhaka on Thursday.

The court accepted the petition but did not issue any order.

The court also fixed Sunday for hearing in the case.

In 2011, the ACC filed a case, accusing four persons, including Khaleda Zia, on the charge of abusing power to collect Tk 3.15 crore for Zia Charitable Trust.

The other accused are Harris Chowdhury, Khaleda`s former political secretary, Ziaul Islam Munna, assistant private secretary (APS) of Harris, and Monirul Islam Khan, APS of former mayor Sadeque Hossain Khoka. Of them, Harris is on the run.


risingbd/Dhaka/Feb 22, 2018/Mamun Khan/AI