In a relief to Bangladesh’s former premier and opposition leader Khaleda Zia, a court granted her bail in nine cases, including one for sedition and others for a deadly transport blockade.
Metropolitan Sessions Judge Kamrul Hossain Mollah granted Zia bail in the sedition case filed by a Supreme Court lawyer over her remarks against liberation war martyrs.
Speaking at a discussion on December 21 last year, 70-year-old Zia had “expressed doubts” about the casualty figures of the 1971 liberation war with Pakistan.
Zia’s BNP is a crucial ally of fundamentalist Jamaat-e- Islami, which was opposed to Bangladesh”s independence from Pakistan.
The ruling Awami League, 1971 veterans and members of the martyred families had sharply reacted to Zia’s comments with some of them even calling her as the “agent of Pakistan”.
The court came up with the bail order after Zia surrendered before it seeking bail in the case. The court also granted bail to Zia in eight arson attack cases filed with Draussalam Police Station.
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