BNP finds case against Khaleda motivated
BNP yesterday demanded immediate withdrawal of a “politically motivated” Tk 1 crore defamation case filed against Chairperson Khaleda Zia in Comilla for saying that the prime minister's son Sajeeb Wazed Joy has US $300 million in a bank account.
Shariful Alam Chowdhury, president of Muradnagar upazila committee of Amra Muktijoddhar Santan, filed the case on Tuesday after Khaleda made the comment during a May Day speech in Dhaka.
Condemning the case, BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Rizvi Ahmed, at a press briefing at BNP's Nayapaltan headquarters in the capital, said Joy must come forward with an explanation and let citizens know about the money's source.
“It is Joy's responsibility to prove himself innocent, not Khaleda Zia's,” he said, adding that Khaleda “quoted a USA court” which stated that $300 million was found in one account belonging to Joy.
“A Bangladeshi expatriate in USA bribed an FBI agent...and collected some information about the incumbent prime minister's son. Information shows a US $300 million transaction in one account of Joy,” said Rizvi, adding that the transaction was suspicious.
In a Facebook post, Joy reacted to Khaleda's statement saying, “A woman who has stolen money from orphans, one whose son is a fugitive accused by the FBI for corruption, really should not be throwing mud at Bangabandhu's grandson.”
Rizvi criticised the status, saying it was devoid of political decency. “Such comments will only deepen suspicions,” he alleged.
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