By Mizan RahmanDhakaDhaka police yesterday filed a charge-sheet against opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Khaleda Zia and three others in Ziaur Rahman Charitable Trust corruption case.The case was filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission on August 8, 2011. Others accused include Haris Chowdhury and his private secretary Ziaul Islam Munna and Monirul Islam Khan, private secretary of Dhaka mayor Sadeq Hossain Khoka.According to the charge-sheet, Zia had established the trust after the name of her late husband president Ziaur Rahman in 2001 through her two sons Tarique Rahman and Arafat Rahman Koko, who are also trustees, by abusing power.The trustees mobilised funds worth 78mn taka during the period from 2001 to 2006 from unknown sources. They purchased land at Kakrail at 65.2mn taka but paid 77.7mn taka through cheque to the land owner. This shows illegal transaction of about 12.5mn taka. The actual value of the land was more than 212.4mn taka. The mobilisation of funds from unknown sources, land purchase and transaction of payment were all illegal and punishable under the law, said the charge-sheet filed by the Criminal Investigation Department.After the current Awami League government took charge, this is for the first time the ACC has submitted a charge-sheet against the opposition leader.In the event of a guilty verdict, says lawyer Aminul Gani Titu, the accused in such case can be sentenced up to seven years in jail. The money they embezzled may also be seized, he added.A defence lawyer said the BNP chairperson may appear in the chief metropolitan magistrate’s court on Tuesday to submit a bail order given by the high court.The ACC alleges that money sources, other than BNP party funds, have no legal cover and that Zia abused her office to collect the money from various sources.