Court Correspondent :
The Special Judge Court-3 of Dhaka yesterday (Wednesday) fixed December 24 amid chaos of defense lawyers for further recording of deposition in the Zia Charitable Trust and Orphanage Trust graft cases filed against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and others.
Judge Basudeb Roy of the court passed the order on Wednesday afternoon after recording partial deposition of the complainant and also Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Deputy Director, Harun-or-Rashid.
On the fourth working day of deposition, Harun-or-Rashid testified for five minutes only in the makeshift court set up on the Alia Madrasa premises at Bakshibazar, Dhakal.
The court fixed December 24 to record the remaining deposition of the prosecution witness.
However, Khaleda Zia’s lawyer submitted time petitions to the court saying that the BNP Chief filed no confidence petitions to the High Court Division seeking its transfer of both cases from the present court.
Rejecting the pleas, the court said in the morning there is no bar to continue recording the deposition as the High Court did not issue any stay order on the trial proceedings of the cases. On May 12, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia challenged charge framing against her in the graft cases.
On March 19, the Special Judge Court-3 framed charges against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, the party’s Senior Vice-Chairman Tarique Rahman and six others rejecting their time petitions in the Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust graft cases.
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.
ACC Deputy Director and Investigation Officer of the case Harunur Rashid submitted the charge sheets of the cases against the accused on January 16 in 2012.
Besides, on July 3 in 2008, the ACC filed the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case with Ramna Police Station accusing Khaleda Zia, her eldest son Tarique Rahman and four others for misappropriating over Tk 2.10 crore, forming a ‘fake’ trust which existed allegedly on paper only.
The Special Judge Court-3 of Dhaka yesterday (Wednesday) fixed December 24 amid chaos of defense lawyers for further recording of deposition in the Zia Charitable Trust and Orphanage Trust graft cases filed against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and others.
Judge Basudeb Roy of the court passed the order on Wednesday afternoon after recording partial deposition of the complainant and also Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Deputy Director, Harun-or-Rashid.
On the fourth working day of deposition, Harun-or-Rashid testified for five minutes only in the makeshift court set up on the Alia Madrasa premises at Bakshibazar, Dhakal.
The court fixed December 24 to record the remaining deposition of the prosecution witness.
However, Khaleda Zia’s lawyer submitted time petitions to the court saying that the BNP Chief filed no confidence petitions to the High Court Division seeking its transfer of both cases from the present court.
Rejecting the pleas, the court said in the morning there is no bar to continue recording the deposition as the High Court did not issue any stay order on the trial proceedings of the cases. On May 12, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia challenged charge framing against her in the graft cases.
On March 19, the Special Judge Court-3 framed charges against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, the party’s Senior Vice-Chairman Tarique Rahman and six others rejecting their time petitions in the Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust graft cases.
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.
ACC Deputy Director and Investigation Officer of the case Harunur Rashid submitted the charge sheets of the cases against the accused on January 16 in 2012.
Besides, on July 3 in 2008, the ACC filed the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case with Ramna Police Station accusing Khaleda Zia, her eldest son Tarique Rahman and four others for misappropriating over Tk 2.10 crore, forming a ‘fake’ trust which existed allegedly on paper only.
