Khaleda again appeals for case transfer
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia again yesterday filed a petition with the High Court for transferring the Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case against her from the Senior Special Judge's Court-3.
In the petition, Khaleda also prayed to the HC to stay the trial proceedings against her in the case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
Earlier, Khaleda submitted an application expressing no confidence in Judge Kamrul Hossain Mollah of Senior Special Judge's Court-3.
In the application, she requested the judge to send the case to the HC for its judicial review, as Mollah was a director of the ACC between 2010 and 2015. But his court on April 13 rejected her application.
The BNP chairperson yesterday submitted the petition to the HC challenging the April 13 rejection order.
On March 8, the HC transferred the case from the Special Judge Court-3 to the Senior Special Judge's Court, and asked the latter to dispose of the case in 60 days. The HC passed the court-transfer order following a similar petition filed by Khaleda.
After the hearing, Judge Kamrul Hossain Mollah fixed April 27 for placing Khaleda's self-defence statements in the case.
The ACC filed the case on July 3, 2008 with Ramna Police Station accusing Khaleda, her elder son Tarique Rahman and four others for misappropriating over Tk 2.10 crore that was received as grants for orphans via a foreign bank.
Of the six accused, Khaleda, former BNP lawmaker Salimul Haq Kamal and businessman Sharfuddin Ahmed are on bail while the others including Tarique have been absconding.
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