ACC appeals for harsher punishment to Khaleda

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed on Sunday an appeal seeking harsher punishment of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case in which she was earlier sentenced to five years' imprisonment, reports UNB.

ACC lawyers submitted the appeal to the office concerned of the High Court in the morning.

"We have completed the affidavit of the appeal seeking harsher punishment for Khaleda Zia in the Zia Orphanage Trust Graft case," said Khurshid Alam Khan, one of the lawyers for the ACC.

The petition will be placed before the High Court on Wednesday for holding hearing, he added.