Tarique, Mamun sued on specific charges
Says prosecution witness
The money laundering case against BNP Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman and his business partner Giasuddin Al Mamun was filed on specific allegations, a prosecution witness told a Dhaka court yesterday.
Hosne Ara Begum, the then officer-in-charge (OC) of Cantonment Police Station, said she scrutinised the first information report (FIR) after the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) submitted it on October 26, 2009, realised its importance, and then recorded it as a regular case.
The case was filed against Tarique and Mamun on specific allegations for laundering Tk 20.41 crore to Singapore, she said, adding that it was not filed to harass them politically.
Hosne Ara Begum, the third prosecution witness of the case, made the statements while being cross-examined by Mamun's lawyer Khondaker Mahbub Hossain.
Judge Mohammad Mozammel Hossain of the Special Judge Court-3 adjourned the hearing till March 1.
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