Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has said that BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia has been sentenced in Zia Orphanage Trust case and "she has not been shown arrested" in any other cases.
The minister said this while replying to the reporters’ query on Khaleda's arrest at the secretariat on Tuesday.
Kamal said "Wrong information has been spread in this regard; Khaleda Zia is shown arrested in the graft case after being convicted by the court."
"She (Khaleda) is also facing trials of Barapukuria coalmineand Gatco graft case. She will appear before the court during the hearing of these cases," he added, reports UNB.
Answering to a question of journalists about why the opposition chief was kept in the abandoned jail in Dhaka, Home Minister said "It was decided for convenience; Kashimpur jail is far away from Dhaka and houses lots of inmates which could trigger difficulties. Also there is no female ward in Keraniganj central jail."
"Khaleda Zia is an ex-Prime Minister and she has a social status. Considering everything she was kept in Dhaka," he added.