"The charges are fabricated, politically motivated," she told the Fifth Special Judge's Court at Bakshaibazar in Old Dhaka on Thursday. She said that there were similar cases against Awami League chief Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina but "she is lucky enough that she did not have to roam around the court corridor." She started crying when she was talking about her son Arafat Rahman Coco. A visibly emotional Khaleda said: "I was evicted from a house where I had been living for four decades. Judge Md Akteruzzaman was in the chair when her lawyer sought permission to allow her to speak in court in her self-defence on Thursday.

Source: bd News24 October 26, 2017 18:56 UTC