Case Against Tarique
DB DC asked to submit docket
The detective branch (DB) deputy commissioner (South) has been asked to submit a case docket (CD) by April 26 of an extortion case filed against BNP Senior Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman and his business partner Giasuddin Al Mamun.
Judge Mohammad Mozammel Hossain of the Special Judge Court-3 gave the order yesterday after Mamun's counsel submitted a petition while cross-examining a witness in connection with a money laundering case filed against Tarique and Mamun.
The defence lawyer submitted the petition when the witness could not show documents of the extortion case against the two as he wanted to know about the case.
Mir Alimuzzaman, the then inspector of detective branch of police, who investigated the extortion case filed with Gulshan Police Station on May 9 in 2007.
Alimuzzaman told the court on December 8 last year that he unearthed the laundering of Tk 20.41 crore by the two while probing an extortion case filed by Nirman Construction Ltd Chairman Khadiza Islam against them.
Nirman Construction Ltd, being the lowest bidder, was primarily selected for the job to install a power plant in Tongi, said Alimuzzaman, officer-in-charge of Dhobaura Police Station in Mymensingh.
But the firm was told that it would not get the job unless Tarique, elder son of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, and Mamun were paid $750,000, said the witness.
Later, Khadiza went to Singapore and opened a savings account with OCBC Bank, and then sent the amount to Mamun's account with the Citi Bank through Telegraph Transfer (TT).
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