Statement on Khaleda Zia's Fifth Day of Imprisonment: Mirza Fakhrul

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia went to jail on February 8, 2018 after being convicted in the Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case. Then in March 2020, he was conditionally released due to coronavirus infection and he is at home. Feroza is receiving regular treatment at home in Gulshan.

On March 25 last year, the government suspended the sentence for 6 months and released him from Cabin Bosnak of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University. After that, in the second round, the government extended the suspension of the sentence by another 6 months. At present he is in Gulshan at his home Firoz. Apart from not meeting the leaders and workers of the party, this former prime minister refrained from political activities.

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Meanwhile, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir gave a statement on the occasion of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's fifth imprisonment day on Wednesday evening.

In the statement, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said, "Today, February 8, is a shameful day in the history of Bangladesh politics. On this day in 2018, the vengeful Awami League government has unjustly detained the most popular leader of Bangladesh, Khaleda Zia, in a false case of depoliticization of the government during the emergency of 1/11 due to political revenge. Not only was he detained with a formal sentence, he was deprived of his right to bail and unjustly imprisoned for 25 months. In the absence of proper treatment while in captivity, his illness worsened and his life was threatened.'