Ex-Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia lands up in jail in another graft case

Dhaka: In another jolt to Bangladesh’s ailing former prime minister Khaleda Zia, a court here on Monday sentenced her to seven years in prison for embezzling Tk 31.54 million from the Zia Charitable Trust, in her late husband’s name.

Zia, 73, who is already serving a jail term since February after being convicted in another case related to embezzlement of funds of an orphanage named after her husband president Ziaur Rahman in February, was sentenced along with three others.

The Zia Charitable Trust graft case was filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission in 2011.

According to the case details, Zia and three others abused their power and collected USD 375,000 for the trust from unknown sources.