Three-term PM of Bangla, widow of deceased dictator Ziaur Rahman, head of the Bangla Nationalist Party, an apparent magnet for corruption ...
is unlikely to appear in court tomorrow in the Zia Orphanage Trust and Zia Charitable Trust cases, even though the court issued an arrest warrant against her for earlier skipping a deposition hearing.
"As there is a security concern, she might not appear before the court," Khaleda's lawyer, Sanaullah Miah, told the Dhaka Tribune yesterday.
A Dhaka court on February 25 issued an arrest warrant against Khaleda in two graft cases, cancelling the time petition filed by her lawyer.
Khaleda last attended trial proceedings on December 24, the day festivities broke out between police, supporters of the BNP and supporters of the ruling Awami League in the Bakshibazar area of the capital.
"How can she [Khaleda] appear before the court? There was not enough security for her in the court area last time. She came under attack there. Even her lawyers were obstructed from talking to her. What scope is there for her to appear before the court?" Sanaullah said.
A Dhaka court earlier issued a search warrant for Khaleda's Gulshan office, where she has been residing since January 3, to search it for explosives and a communication device that police claim Khaleda is using to coordinate the countrywide sabotage.
Police sources said they had not yet received a copy of the warrant.
Sources at the political leader's Gulshan office said messages were sent out to the party's district units to continue with the movement even if Khaleda is incarcerated
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