Khalid Zia, former PM of Bangladesh.
Dhaka: On one hand, attacks on Hindus have intensified in Bangladesh, on the other hand, radical Islamist Khalid Zia has been acquitted on corruption charges. Let us inform that the High Court on Wednesday acquitted former Prime Minister and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) President Khaleda Zia in a corruption case. Due to this, the fear of further intensification of attacks on Hindus has increased. In this case, the lower court had sentenced him to seven years’ imprisonment. Local media gave this information. Zia (79) was convicted by a Dhaka court in the Zia Charitable Trust corruption case in 2018.
He was sentenced to seven years in prison and fined 10 lakh taka (Bangladeshi currency) during the tenure of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League government. According to the news of news portal ‘bdnews24.com’, a bench of Justice A.K.M. Asaduzzaman and Justice Syed Inayat Hussain accepted Jiah’s appeal and overturned the lower court’s conviction. At the same time, Daily Star said in its news that the Anti-Corruption Commission had registered a corruption case in Tejgaon police station in 2011, in which Jiya and three others were accused of misusing power to raise money for the trust from unknown sources. Was.
High Court had increased the punishment from 5 to 10 years
The BNP chairperson was sent to the old Dhaka Central Jail on February 8, 2018, after being sentenced to five years’ imprisonment by a special court in the Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case. On October 30, 2018, the High Court had increased his sentence to 10 years. He was later convicted in the Zia Charitable Trust corruption case. Zia was the Prime Minister of Bangladesh from March 1991 to March 1996 and again from June 2001 to October 2006.
Hindus accused of murder on lawyer’s death
Hindus have been blamed for the death of a lawyer in Chittagong city of Bangladesh. The lawyer’s death followed a clash between security personnel and Hindu protesters over the arrest of a prominent Hindu leader in Bangladesh. Police have also accused security personnel of attacking them and detained at least 30 suspects. Assistant Public Prosecutor Saiful Islam was killed on Tuesday during a clash between security personnel and followers of “Bangladesh Samishta Sanatani Jagran Jot” spokesperson Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari. The violence had erupted after Das was refused bail by a Chittagong court and sent to jail in a treason case. (Language)
