Dhaka: On the one hand, attacks against Hindus intensified in Bangladesh, and on the other hand, radical Islamist Khalid Zia was acquitted on corruption charges. Let us inform you that the High Court on Wednesday acquitted former Prime Minister and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a corruption case. As a result, there are growing fears of further intensification of attacks against Hindus. In this case, a lower court sentenced him to seven years in prison. This information was given by local media. Zia (79) was convicted by a Dhaka court in the 2018 Zia Charitable Trust corruption case.
While serving in the Awami League government led by former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, he was sentenced to seven years in prison and fined Tk 10 lakh (Bangladesh currency). Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice Syed Inayat Hussain accepted Jia’s appeal and overturned the lower court’s conviction, news portal ‘bdnews24.com’ reported. Meanwhile, The Daily Star reported in the news that the Anti-Corruption Commission had registered a corruption case at the Tejgaon police station in 2011, in which Gia and three others were accused of abusing their official position to fund trust funds of unknown origin. Raise funds. Was.
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