On Thursday, the Anti-Corruption Commission’s lawyer Mosharraf Hossain Kajol submitted a petition for the issuance of a ‘production warrant’ with the Dhaka Special Judge Court-3. The lawyer cited a decree issued by the High Court on Nov 25, which said the graft case against Khaleda must be disposed of within six months. Special Court Judge Abu Syed Dildar Ahmed subsequently deferred the indictment hearing until Jan 16. Khaleda Zia has been in prison since February last year, after being sentenced to 17 years in prison in the Zia Orphanage and Zia Charitable Trust corruption cases. She is serving the sentences at the old central jail on Nazimuddin Road in Old Dhaka.

Source: bd News24 January 10, 2019 11:26 UTC