Court Correspondent :
A Dhaka court on Monday adjourned the hearing of Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust graft cases against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and others till August 10.
Judge Abu Ahmed Jamadar of Dhaka’s Special Judge Court-3 fixed the new date after Begum Khaleda Zia’s lawyer Advocate Khandker Mahbub Hossain completed the cross examination of complainant and Anti -Corruption Commission (ACC) Deputy Director Harun-Or-Rashid. All other accused in the case were present in the court during the hearing.
Meanwhile, after hearing on the time petitions of two other accused, Monirul Islam Munna and Ziaul Islam Khan, the court fixed August 10 for the cross examination of complainant Harun-Or-Rashid.
Besides, responding to another time petition filed by Begum Khaleda Zia’s lawyers, the court fixed the same date for next hearing on the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case.
Khaleda Zia reached the makeshift court set up at the playground of Government Alia Madrasa in the capital’s Bakshibazar area, adjacent to Dhaka Central Jail at 10:20 am while the court began its process at 10:40 am. Later, Khaleda Zia left the area after hearing of the cases at about 1:30 pm.
On June 23, the Special Judge’s Court-3 adjourned the hearing of the two graft cases against Khaleda Zia till August 3.
