BNP to petition against ban on publishing Tarique's speech

BNP will petition against a High Court ban on publishing its senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman's comments in the media, the party acting secretary general said yesterday.

Claiming that the Interpol had withdrawn its red alert notice for Tarique, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said, "Now we will start a fresh legal battle [for withdrawal of the ban on publishing his comments]."

He made the remarks at a press conference at BNP's Nayapaltan headquarters.

The High Court on March 7 last year prohibited publication of Tarique's remarks in the media in response to a writ petition, filed by a Supreme Court lawyer. At that time, Tarique had been making derogative remarks about Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The BNP leader left the country in 2008 and has been in London ever since.

On April 14, 2015, the Interpol issued a red alert notice for Tarique in connection with the August 21, 2004 grenade attack on an Awami League rally that had left 24 people dead.