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BSS-18
HEARING-INDICTEMENT-KHALEDA
Indictment hearing in 2 cases against Khaleda on April 24
DHAKA, April 15, 2019 (BSS) – A Dhaka court today set April 24 to hold
hearing on framing charges in two cases lodged against BNP Chairperson Begum
Khaleda Zia.
Today was fixed for holding hearing on the matters, but the defence pleaded
to allow them time in the two cases.
Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Asaduzzaman Noor set the
date accepting a time plea of Khaleda’s counsel.
Journalist Gazi Zahirul Islam on August 30, 2016, filed a case against the
BNP chief for observing fake birthday on August 15.
Bangladesh Jananetri Parishad president AB Siddiqui filed another
defamation case on November 3, 2016, against Khaleda Zia and her late husband
Ziaur Rahman for stigmatizing the War of Liberation by rehabilitating anti-
liberation war elements.
The BNP chairperson is now in bail in these two cases as Dhaka metropolitan
session judge Imrul Kayes allowed her pleas on July 31, 2018.
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