STAFF CORRESPONDENT

The Anti-Corruption Commission’s lawyer Md Ashif Hassan yesterday told the Supreme Court’s Appellate Division that no money of the Zia Orphanage Trust has been misappropriated, as there is no evidence in this regard.

It has been evident from the first information report (FIR), charge sheet, and trial court judgement that relevant funds have been moved but the money has been deposited in the bank accounts, he said.

He said this while placing arguments before the apex court during its hearing on two leave-to-appeal petitions filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia challenging the High Court verdict that doubled her five-year jail term in the case.

After concluding the hearing yesterday, a three-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Justice Md Ashfaqul Islam fixed today for delivering order on the petitions.

Yesterday, Khaleda’s lawyers told the SC that, being politically motivated and influenced by the then Awami League government, the trial court sentenced Khaleda to five years’ imprisonment in this case.

The HC has illegally enhanced her jail sentence

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