Salimul Haq Kamal, one of the convicts in the much-talked-about Zia Orphanage Trust graft case, has filed a separate petition with the High Court seeking bail in the case.
Lawyer Palash Chandra Roy filed the bail pleas on Tuesday. On February 8, the Dhaka Special Court-5 convicted former Prime Minister and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and sentenced her to five years’ imprisonment in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case.
Five other accused in the case-BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman, former BNP MP Salimul Haq Kamal and businessman Sharfuddin Ahmed, former principal secretary Kamal Uddin Siddique and Mominur Rahman, nephew of late President Ziaur Rahman-were sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment each in the case.
On February 22, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia filed a petition with the High Court seeking bail in the case.
She also filed another petition with the HC on February 20 challenging the sentence awarded to her in the case.
On August 8, 2011, the ACC filed the Zia Charitable Trust graft case with Tejgaon Police Station accusing four people, including Khaleda Zia, of abusing power in raising funds for the trust from unknown sources.
