Zia Orphanage Case
Charge framing hearing Oct 11
A Dhaka court yesterday fixed October 11 for charge-framing hearing against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and six others in the Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case.
The order came after Khaleda's lawyer, Sanaullah Mia, filed a petition seeking deferment of the hearing, stating that Khaleda was busy with the ongoing Parliament session.
The other accused are Khaleda's eldest son Tarique Rahman, former principal secretary Dr Kamal Uddin Siddique, former BNP lawmaker Kazi Salimul Haque, businessman Sharfuddin Ahmed and Momenur Rahman, nephew of BNP founder Ziaur Rahman.
Salimul and Sharfuddin were present in the court yesterday while Tarique is undergoing treatment abroad and Kamal and Momenur are on the run.
Anti-Corruption Commission filed the case with Ramna Police Station on July 3, 2009 accusing the seven of embezzling over Tk 2.10 crore by forming the “fake” trust.
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