POBNEWS24, Dhaka Sept 3, 2024 : BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has been acquitted in five separate cases of defamation. On Tuesday, Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Mahbubul Haque’s court ordered acquittal in four cases and Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Tofazzal Hossain’s court ordered acquittal in one case.
BNP Chairperson’s lawyer Masud Ahmed Talukdar filed a plea for acquittal against Khaleda Zia in a total of five cases of defamation, including insulting freedom fighters and celebrating birthdays by Bangladesh Jannetri Parishad President AB Siddiqui.
Talukder said, “The plaintiffs never came to the court. The plaintiff died four years ago. Still, these cases against Khaleda Zia have not been closed.
He alleged that the cases were hung due to the influence of the government.
