DHAKA: A Dhaka court has asked BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia to appear before it from prison on March 28 in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case.

Judge Dr. Akhteruzzaman of Dhaka Special Judge’s Court-5 passed the order on Tuesday (March 13).

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) lawyer Mosharraf Hossain Kajal told journalists that following a hearing, court ordered Khaleda to appear before on March 28, 29. 

Earlier on Monday (March 12), an HC bench of Justices Enayetur Rahim and Shahidul Karim granted bail for four months to Khaleda Zia.

On February 8, a Special Court in Dhaka sentenced Khaleda Zia to five years' rigorous imprisonment in the graft case.

The court also jailed her elder son Tarique Rahman, now acting chairman of the BNP, and four others for 10 years.

The Zia Orphanage Trust case was filed by Anti-Corruption Commission in July 2008, accusing the six of misappropriating over Tk 2.1 crore of foreign grant money. 

BDST: 1440 HRS, MAR 13, 2018
AP