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| Bail sought for Tarique, hearing on April 4 |
| 2007-03-16 |
| Defence lawyers of detained BNP Senior Secretary General Tarique Rahman yesterday sought bail from a Dhaka court in connection with the general diary (GD) filed with Kafrul Police Station for his alleged involvement with corruption. Meantime, Tarique was given a one-month detention order on Wednesday as per direction of the home ministry to prevent him from indulging in corruption and other activities, sources said. Judge Momin Ullah of the Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court fixed April 4 for hearing on the issue with lower court record. The bail petition was filed with the higher court against rejection order of the lower court on March 8. In the GD police mentioned that during the alliance rule Tarique himself, his party friends and business partners earned a huge amount of money through unbridled corruption in local and foreign tenders. There is no legality of the source of his earnings. Besides, he amassed a huge amount of money taking commission from those who earned illegal money by appointing people to different posts in the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism. Moreover, he siphoned off crores of taka which he earned through manipulating tenders using his, other family members' and business partners' influences in purchasing CNG-run auto-rickshaws, setting up power plants and manufacturing electric poles which caused huge loss to the government, reads the GD. Police said Tarique needs to be confined to jail to refrain him from such activities. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 he siphoned off crores of taka You just can't walk in off of the street and do that. It takes years of experience. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-03-16 23:37 |