Zia orphanage case
HC turns down Khaleda plea
STAFF REPORTER
The High Court yesterday rejected a petition filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia for holding the hearing of a part of Zia Orphanage Trust graft case after re-investigating into a portion of the case. The HC bench comprising Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Shahidul Karim passed the order after holding a hearing on the petition. On March 1, the BNP chief filed the petition before the HC challenging a lower court order that, on February 2, rejected her application seeking re-investigation into the portion of the case that is related to the financing activity for establishing the Zia Orphanage Trust. In the petition, she requested the HC to stay the trial proceedings of the case and to issue a rule asking the authorities concerned to explain why the lower court order that rejected her application should not be declared illegal. The ACC filed the case on July 3, 2008 with Ramna Police Station accusing Khaleda, her elder son Tarique Rahman and four others of misappropriating over Tk 2.10 crore that was received as grants for orphans via a foreign bank.
