Staff Reporter :
Law Minister Anisul Huq on Friday said, the government will not interfere in getting the certified copy of the verdict of Zia Orphanage Trust case in which BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia was sentenced five years in jail.
Rejecting the allegation of dillydallying in preparing the certified copy of the verdict, the Law Minister said, “It’s not easy to type 632 pages. It will be given to the lawyers in time. The government has no foul intention there.”
The Minister was speaking to reporters after visiting
the dead body of a Akhaura Upazila Awami League Leader Obaidul Haque.
BNP has been accusing the government of hindering the process of issuing the certified copy of the verdict, saying that the ruling party wants Khaleda behind the bar for a long time.
“Khaleda has not been shown arrested in any other case,” the Law Minister said.
Judge of the Special Court-5 in Dhaka, Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman, on February 8 in 2018 sentenced BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and five others to imprisonment for five years and 10 years respectively in the controversial Zia Orphanage Trust case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
Law Minister Anisul Huq on Friday said, the government will not interfere in getting the certified copy of the verdict of Zia Orphanage Trust case in which BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia was sentenced five years in jail.
Rejecting the allegation of dillydallying in preparing the certified copy of the verdict, the Law Minister said, “It’s not easy to type 632 pages. It will be given to the lawyers in time. The government has no foul intention there.”
The Minister was speaking to reporters after visiting
the dead body of a Akhaura Upazila Awami League Leader Obaidul Haque.
BNP has been accusing the government of hindering the process of issuing the certified copy of the verdict, saying that the ruling party wants Khaleda behind the bar for a long time.
“Khaleda has not been shown arrested in any other case,” the Law Minister said.
Judge of the Special Court-5 in Dhaka, Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman, on February 8 in 2018 sentenced BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and five others to imprisonment for five years and 10 years respectively in the controversial Zia Orphanage Trust case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
