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| Mamun confesses to his, Tarique's involvement in Tk 81 lakh extortion |
| 2007-05-06 |
| Detained controversial businessman Giasuddin Al Mamun, a close friend of BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Tarique Rahman, yesterday confessed to a magistrate that Tarique and he were involved in the extortion of Tk 81 lakh from a businessman. He told the magistrate that he along with four others including Tarique, now in detention, had extorted Tk 81 lakh on different dates from Harun Ferdousi, managing director of Judge Distilleries Ltd. The three others are Babul Kazi, Enamul Hoque and Giasuddin Quaiyum, he said. Mamun was placed on a four-day remand yesterday in connection with another case for extorting Tk 4.89 crore from the owner of construction firm 'Aclrcn', a sister concern of Reza Construction and Al-Amin Construction. Under heavy security, he was taken to the chamber of Metropolitan Magistrate Shamsul Alam around 2:30pm. The magistrate recorded his confessional statement for around four hours. Of the Tk 81 lakh, Tarique took Tk 45 lakh, he took Tk 35 lakh and the three others shared Tk 1 lakh, Mamun said. Earlier, he had made confessional statements to another magistrate on different dates in connection with six other extortion cases filed with Gulshan, Kafrul, Shahbagh and Dhanmondi police stations. In the case filed by Abu Shahed Sahel, coordinator of Aclrcl, with Gulshan Police station on Friday, he complained that Mamun had extorted Tk 4.89 crore from him on different dates in cash and cheque in 2004 to 2006. He could not dare to file any case against Mamun at that time fearing reprisal. And he has now lodged the case as the situation has changed, he said in the FIR. |
| Posted by:Fred |