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| Tarique being grilled at JIC as forces raid Hawa Bhaban |
| 2007-03-10 |
| As the intelligence officials of Joint Interrogation Cell (JIC) started grilling former prime minister Khaleda Zia's son Tarique Rahman, the joint forces yesterday raided BNP chairperson's office in Hawa Bhaban and picked up the office's computer operator SM Parvez. Meanwhile, Hawa Bhaban was visited yesterday afternoon by a police team led by investigation officer (IO) of the case filed against arrested Senior Joint Secretary General of BNP Tarique Rahman in connection with extortion of Tk 1 crore. Sources said intelligence officials grilling Tarique, who reportedly earned a large amount of money through unbridled corruption, wanted to know from him about foreign bank accounts that he holds himself or through proxy. Tarique gave some information on such accounts, the sources added. The interrogators also questioned him about lands he owns himself or through proxy. Besides, the intelligence officials wanted to know from Tarique whether he has any investment in Malaysia. The sources said investigators already started looking into the information divulged by Tarique, who had been sent to a four-day remand by a Dhaka court on Thursday in connection with the extortion case. |
| Posted by:Fred |