Dhaka: An 8-member BNP delegation, including its secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, met their Chairperson Khaleda Zia in jail here on Wednesday.

BNP standing committee members Mirza Fakhrul, Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, Moudud Ahmed, Mahbubur Rahman, Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan, Mirza Abbas, and Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury met her around 2:50 pm while Jamiruddin Sircar at 3:15pm at the old central jail at Nazimuddin Road.

On February 8 last, a special court here sentenced Khaleda to five years’ rigorous imprisonment in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case.

Khaleda Zia, a 73-year-old a former prime minister, was taken to the old central jail minutes after the delivered the verdict.