Dhaka: A female lawyer was injured during a scuffle with law enforcers while pro-BNP lawyers were staging agitation in front of the High Court mazar gate area centring the verdict of a graft case against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, reports UNB.

During the agitation, the scuffle ensued between female members of police and female pro-BNP lawyers around 10:00am.

Police forcibly pushed them to inside the mazar gate around 10:30am.

Moreover, police detained three BNP activists from Kakrail intersection around 11:00am.

Another BNP activist was held from near the High Court mazar gate area.

Leaders and activists of Chhatra League, student wing of ruling Awami League, riding on around 150 motorbikes, were seen staging a showdown in the High Court, Dhaka University campus, Shahbagh, Jatiya Press Club areas.

A court here is set to deliver its verdict on Thursday in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and five others.

The Anti-Corruption Commission filed the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case on July 3, 2008 with Ramna Police Station accusing Khaleda, her eldest son Tarique Rahman, who is now living in the UK, and four others of misappropriating over 2.10 crore that came as grants from a foreign bank for orphans.

Zia Orphanage Trust Graft Case at a glance:

•          Case filed with Ramna police on 3 July 2008

•          Plaintiff and investigation official of the case is deputy director of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Harun-Aur Rashid.

•          The case statement says the embezzlement took place from 13 November 1993 to 28 March 2007.

•          Charges framed: 5 August 2010.

•          Number of proceeding days: 261

•          Number of days Khaleda Zia appear before the court: 43

•          Khaleda Zia gave self-defence statements 8 days

•          On 25 January 2018 Special Court-5 Judge Dr Akhteruzzaman fixed 8 February 2018 for delivering the verdict of the case.