Dhaka, May 31 Dhaka court on Thursday deferred again the hearing on the acceptance of the charge-sheet in the Zia Charitable Trust graft case.
The hearing was deferred for the second time as the main accused BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia was not present at the court.
Judge of the Dhaka Senior Special Judge's Court Mohammd Zahurul Haque set the new date on July 1 after Khaleda's lawyer Taherul Islam Touhid sought more time.
Earlier, the hearing was deferred to May 31 from Apr 29 due to a countrywide general strike enforced by the opposition.
Apart from the BNP chief, her former Political Secretary Harris Chowdhury, his Assistant Private Secretary (APS) Ziaul Islam Munna and former Dhaka Mayor's APS Monirul Islam Khan are the other accused in the graft case.
On Aug 6 last year, Anti-Corruption Commission Deputy Director Harunur Rashid filed the case accusing Khaleda and three others of illegal transaction under the banner of Zia Charitable Trust. On Jan 16, Rashid, also the investigation officer of the case, pressed charges against the accused.
According to case details, a 42-kantha piece of land in the capital's Kakrail had been bought from one Suraiya Khanam in January 2005 for Tk 65.2 million.
The Zia Charitable Trust did not have any known source of income for around Tk 12.5 million, a sum that made up part of the payment for the land.
The ACC said in the charge-sheet that information of transactions worth more than Tk 31.5 million was found, apart from an amount given to the owner of the land. The money allegedly came from illegal sources.
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