Zia Orphanage Trust case against Khaleda Zia: What was the argument against the side?
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In the Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case, allegations have been embezzled Tk 20 million as aid to orphans.
The money was given by the Kuwait Amir. The money was transferred to the bank account of the United Commercial Bank of Saudi Arabia in 1991 in Bangladesh.
Anti-Corruption Commission lawyer Mosharraf Hossain Kajal said, "A donation came to him when he was the Prime Minister." The money was deposited in the Prime Minister's fund 91. The purpose was to spend money for the orphan's interest, the money will be spent in the interest of those orphans in Bangladesh. According to Zia Orphan in 1993, he will save all the funds of Bangladesh He formed a trust called in. The location of his residence. The two share a third of the fund money to build two putrake settlers gave the trustee. "
What was the argument for Khaleda Zia's corruption case?
Former prime minister Khaleda Zia and her son Tarique Rahman Among the six people on the final charge are: Mominur Rahman, former MP Kazi Salimul Haque, Sharfuddin Ahmed and Chief Secretary of the Prime Minister Dr. Kamal Uddin Siddiqui.
Mr. Kajal said, "What is the legality of ten orphans, there is a law that must be registered in the social welfare department, so he has not done anything." So we said that it came in the interest of the orphans, without paying for the orphan's interest. Khaleda Zia used her for the sake of personalities and she used to embezzle these money. "
In the case 326 witnesses were taken to the testimony of 236 working days, on 28 working days, defense and 14 working days were argued.
At the time, his lawyers presented many arguments to prove Khaleda Zia innocent.
Abdur Rezak Khan, one of Khaleja Zia's lawyers, said, "There is no interference in any documentary of Begum Khaleda Zia, she is not a trustee of Zia Orphanage Trust, not a settler, not a benfisiaeer. There is more than a few times in the past. This money is not spent, it is not an embezzlement. "
Section 409/109 of the Penal Code and Section 5 (2) of the Corruption Prevention Act of 1947 has been used in connection with the Zia Orphanage Trust case. Moudud Ahmed, one of the lawyers of the BNP leader and Khaleda Zia in the case, said, "Many papers have been created, the original documents are not found in the Prime Minister's Office, and they have to make their shadow documents so that they do not have it, they are also not edited as secondary avance. The documents that are legally edited Can not you give a verdict based on those documents? "
What was the logic against Khaleda against the corruption case?
During the caretaker government, the ACC has filed a lawsuit against Zia orphanage trust case for political harassment and ruling Awami League on behalf of the BNP.
Political analyst Dilara Chowdhury thinks there is a political debate, "During the caretaker government, there were six cases against Khaleda Zia and 15 cases against Sheikh Hasina. When she came to power, she had squashed those cases against her and the case against her activists They were squash under the executive order, while on the other six issues of Begum Zia Yagaya more new cases are connected. "
According to Miss Chowdhury, "The real thing behind the visible we see is the fight of power."
Khaleda Zia had given her confidence in the court at one stage of the Zia Orphanage Trust case. But the High Court did not grant the petition to Khaleda. Khaleda Zia is the first person to hold a prime minister in Bangladesh, against whom the verdict of the corruption case is filed.
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