Khaleda jailed for 7yrs
A Dhaka court on Monday jailed BNP chief Khaleda Zia for seven years in Zia Charitable Trust graft case.
The court also filed her Tk 10 lakh. In default, to suffer six months more in jail.
Dhaka Special Judge Court-5 Judge Md Akhtaruzzaman pronounced the verdict.
The BNP chief is now undergoing treatment at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU).
She has been serving five years' rigorous imprisonment at Old Central Jail, as she was convicted in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case on February 8 last.
Besides Khaleda Zia, three other accused in the case are Harris Chowdhury, political secretary of the then prime minister Khaleda between 2001 and 2006; Ziaul Islam Munna, assistant private secretary to Harris; and Monirul Islam Khan, APS to former Dhaka city mayor Sadeque Hossain Khoka.
