Khaleda to skip tomorrow’s court hearing
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will not attend tomorrow’s court hearing in two corruption cases on health ground.
Her counsel Sanaullah Miah confirmed the development to The Daily Star this evening.
The former premier was scheduled to appear in a special court in Dhaka tomorrow in Zia Charitable and Zia Orphanage Trust cases.
Khaleda attended the court hearing for once and skipped for several times after her return from London in September last year. The BNP chief went to the UK capital in July and stayed at her elder son Tarique Rahman’s residence for over two months.
About Khaleda’s skipping the hearing, Sanaullah Miah said, “She will not be able to appear in the court due to her critical ailments.”
The Special Judge’s Court set up in Bakshi Bazar area was scheduled to record statements of the witnesses in the cases filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission.
According to the charge sheet, Khaleda and three others abused power to collect Tk 6.19 crore for Zia Charitable Trust during the BNP-led government's tenure between 1991 and 1996.
On the other hand, the statement of the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case says the BNP chief, her son Tarique Rahman and four others embezzled Tk 2.1 crore by forming the charity that exists only on paper.
On December 3, the BNP chief skipped the trial proceedings of the same court on the same ground. Earlier, she had skipped many dates of the trial proceedings citing multiple grounds including illness and security.
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