The 72-year-old BNP chief was driven to the old premises of Dhaka Central Jail on Nazimuddin Road in Old Dhaka after the court sentenced her to five years in jail in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case on Thursday. The inmates of the old Dhaka Central Jail were transferred to the new prison in Keraniganj around two years ago. Deputy Inspector General of Prisons Touhidul Islam told bdnews24.com Khaleda has been kept at the administration building of the old jail for now. We are calling it a ‘special jail’,” he said, adding they were yet to abandon the old jail and were using it for administrative work. Before she was brought to the jail, five women, believed to be the five prison officials, entered the jail.

Source: bd News24 February 08, 2018 15:11 UTC