A court here on Tuesday asked BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia to appear before it on April 10 in connection with 11 cases, including the sedition one filed for her remarks about the number of martyrs during the 1971 Liberation War. Judge Kamrul Hossain Mollah of the Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court passed the order after hearing a time petition filed by Khaleda’s lawyer Sanaullah Mia. Khaleda Zia skipped the trial proceedings of the 11 cases yesterday due to her health problem, said her counsel. Earlier, on March 14, the same court fixed on Tuesday for the hearing.
Of the 11 cases, eight were filed with Darus Salam and two others with Jatrabari police stations in connection with arson attacks on vehicles in 2015 while the other was filed with a Dhaka court on sedition charge for her remarks on the number of Liberation War martyrs.
