DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia will appear before the make-shift court at Alia Madrasa ground in the city on Sunday morning in Zia Orphanage and Zia Charitable Trust cases.

BNP chairperson’s media wing member Shamsuddin Didar confirmed the matter to banglanews.

The BNP chief will leave her Gulshan’s political office in the city for the court at 10:00am.

Earlier, the court fixed October 26 for recording deposition in Zia Charitable and Orphanage Trust graft cases against BNP chief Khaleda Zia, her son Tarique Rahman and four others.

But, Khaleda did not appear before the court.

Zia Orphanage Case

The ACC filed the graft case on July 3, 2008 with Ramna Police Station accusing Khaleda, her eldest son Tarique Rahman and four others of misappropriating over Tk 2.10 crore which came as grants from a foreign bank for orphans.   

The other accused are former BNP lawmaker Kazi Saleemul Haque, businessperson Sharfuddin Ahmed, Khaleda's former principal secretary Kamal Uddin Siddiqui and Momenur Rahman.

Zia Charitable Trust Case

On August 8, 2011, Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) filed the case with Tejgaon Police Station accusing four people, including Khaleda, 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, and Monirul Islam Khan, APS to Sadeque Hossain Khoka, mayor of the erstwhile Dhaka City Corporation.

BDST: 0848 HRS, NOV 9, 2014