DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia left her Gulshan home for a special court in Dhaka’s Bakshibazar, to hear the verdict against her in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case Thursday (February 8).

Thousands of BNP activists flocked to the street, to accompany the motorcade of Khaleda Zia.

Special Court-5 of Judge Md Akhtaruzzaman is set to deliver the verdict against the BNP Chief and five others on corruption charges over misappropriating Tk 2.1 crore. 

Earlier on January 25, the same court fixed Thursday for delivering verdict. 

However, Khaleda left the Gulshan residence at around 11:45am, to appear before the court.

In July 2008, the ACC filed the case accusing Khaleda, her son BNP's senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman and four others for misappropriating over Tk 2.10 crore grant money for orphans.

The four other accused are--then BNP lawmaker Kazi Salimul Haque, Ziaur Rahman's nephew Mominur Rahman, former principal secretary Kamal Uddin Siddique and businessman Sharfuddin Ahmed.

Of them, Khaleda is now on bail while Salimul and Sharfuddin are in jail. Tarique and Mominur and Kamal have been absconding.

This is first time that any former prime minister of Bangladesh is getting verdict in a corruption case. 

BDST: 1209 HRS, FEB 8, 2018
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