Arrest warrant issued for Khaleda in graft cases

A Dhaka court on Thursday issued warrant of arrest for Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia in two graft cases — Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Orphanage Trust corruption case and Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Charitable Trust corruption case.

The judge of Dhaka Special Judge’s Court 5, Akhtaruzzaman, passed the order against the former prime minister as she did not appear before the court, set up at Bakhshibazar in the city, scheduled for today.

Earlier on November 23, Khaleda’s lawyers sought a permanent bail for her, but the court allowed her only weekly bail and set November 30 to continue her proceedings in both the cases.

On July 3, 2008, the Anti-Corruption Commission filed the orphanage trust case with Ramna police station accusing Khaleda, her eldest son Tarique Rahman and four others of misappropriating over Tk 2.10 crore that came as grants from a foreign bank for orphans.

The commission filed the charitable trust case on August 8, 2011 with the Tejgaon police station accusing Khaleda and three others of abuse of power in raising funds for the trust from unknown sources.

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