DHAKA, Jan 27, 2021 (BSS) – A Dhaka court today set February 10 for
holding hearing on charge framing in two cases lodged against BNP chairperson
Begum Khaleda Zia for celebrating fake birthday on National Mourning Day and
stigmatizing the War of Liberation by rehabilitating anti-liberation forces.
Today was fixed for holding a hearing on the matter, but Additional
Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Asaduzzaman Noor reset the date allowing a time
plea of the defence.
Journalist Gazi Jahirul Islam lodged the fake birthday case against
Khaleda on August 30, 2016, and the court on that day issued summon against
her.
According to the complainant, Khaleda from 1996 is celebrating her fake
birthday on August 15, the day when Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh
Mujibur Rahman was martyred along with most of his family members. She is
doing this on purpose only to dishonour the Father of the Nation.
The complainant also submitted copies of different newspaper reports on
Khaleda’s birthday, copies of her passport, marriage certificate and mark
sheets, which indicates her birthday on any other day but August 15.
Jananetri Parishad president AB Siddiqui filed the other 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 chief is on bail in both the cases as Dhaka Metropolitan
Sessions Judge KM Imrul Qayesh granted her bail on July 31, 2018.