Dhaka: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has sent a legal notice to the government, seeking cancellation of the gazette notification that allowed her trial in Zia Charitable Trust corruption case in the jail.
On behalf of the BNP chief, Barrister Muhammad Nawshad Zamir issued the legal notice that said appropriate legal action will be taken if the law ministry does not rescind the gazette notification by September 8.
The order declaring a room in the Administrative Building of old Dhaka central jail as a court is a palpable abuse of power under Section 9(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), said the counsel.
Earlier on Tuesday, the Law Ministry issued the gazette notification while the decision to shift the court was taken a week ago.
The trial proceedings in the corruption case had taken place at a makeshift court in Bakshibazar area previously.
Today, the special court was shifted to the old central jail in Nazimuddin Road in Old Dhaka where the BNP chief has been serving jail after she was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case on February 8.
