Khaleda Zia gets police escort again

BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia hasstarted getting a police escort once again after nearly a decade, report agencies.

A team of police went to the BNP chairperson's Gulshan residence on Thursday to ensure her security after meeting her chief security coordinator Col (retd) Mohammad Ishaq Miah, said BNP media cell member Sayrul Kabir Khan.

On August 13, the Ministry of Home Affairs issued an order to ensure police escort for Khaleda Zia.

The police escort was withdrawn by the then Awami League government after Khaleda Zia lost her post as the opposition leader in parliament in 2015.

On August 6, Khaleda Zia was completely freed by an order of President Mohammed Shahabuddin.

She was placed in Old Dhaka Central Jail on February 8, 2018, after a special court sentenced her to five years in prison in the Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case. On October 30, 2018, the High Court raised her punishment to 10 years. Later, she was convicted in the Zia Charitable Trust corruption case.