Former Bangladeshi prime minister and opposition leader Khaleda Zia was today booked for sedition over her alleged "slanderous comments" concerning martyrs of the 1971 liberation war against Pakistan.


"The case has been filed against her at the chief metropolitan magistrate's court (Dhaka) this morning along with prayers seeking her arrest," a court official told PTI. He said that the magistrate ordered hearing on the prayer seeking the arrest warrant later today.

Speaking at a discussion on December 21 last year, 70-year-old Zia had "expressed doubts" about the casualty figures of the 1971 liberation war.