The High Court (HC) today scrapped a total of 11 criminal cases filed against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia. BSS News.

A High Court division bench of Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice Syed Enayet Hossain passed the orders, allowing separate pleas filed for the former prime minister.

Senior advocates Zainul Abedin and AM Mahbub Uddin Khokon, Barrister Nasir Uddin Ashim, Barrister Kaiser Kamal, Barrister Ragib Rouf Chowdhury, and Adv Gazi Kamrul Islam Sazal took part in the hearing for the BNP chief.

“All these politically motivated, baseless, and forged cases were filed for harassing the BNP chairperson to fulfill the evil intentions of the previous Awami League government. One of those cases was filed with sedition charges. Approval from the appropriate authority is needed to file such a case, but Begum Khaleda Zia was harassed by filing such false and fabricated cases against her without following any necessary provisions. Apart from that case, we have successfully proved the face the remaining subversion cases were also false and filed for harassing her,” senior advocate Zainul Abedin told newsmen.

Barrister Kaiser Kamal in his reaction said the BNP chairperson did not get justice from the court earlier in spite of the cases being false and fabricated. Now the path to get justice at the court has opened after the ouster of the fascist Awami League government on August 5, he added.