Indictment hearing in two cases against Khaleda June 14

A Dhaka court has set June 14 for hearing on charge framing in two cases, one for observing fake birthday on National Mourning Day and another for stigmatising the War of Liberation, lodged against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, reports BSS.

Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Asaduzzaman Noor set the date on Thursday, allowing a time plea of the defence.

Khaleda Zia's counsel Advocate Masud Ahmed Talukder filed the time plea, saying his client could not appear before the court due to her illness.

Journalist Gazi Jahirul Islam lodged the fake birthday case against Khaleda on August 30, 2016.

According to the complainant, Khaleda from 1996 was celebrating her fake birthday on August 15, the day when Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was martyred along with most of his family members. She is doing this on purpose only to dishonour the Father of the Nation.

The complainant also submitted copies of different newspaper reports on Khaleda's birthday.