Now, at the order of the High Court, it will be tried before the court of Dhaka-5 Special Judge Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman. The ACC case against Khaleda over Zia Orphanage Trust had also been pending with Judge Abu Ahmed Jamadar, but the case was transferred to the court of Dhaka Senior Special Judge Quamrul Hossain Mollah at the request of the defendant. After the transfer was approved, Khaleda’s lawyers filed a petition to stay the Welfare Trust graft case on May 13. With the petition dismissed on May 15, the BNP chairperson’s team filed another petition to transfer the case away from the court of judge Jamadar. “We said that (the Zia Charity Trust graft case) could not be tried here for similar reasons.

Source: bd News24 May 17, 2017 09:22 UTC