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| Tarique shown held in another extortion case |
| 2007-04-25 |
| Detained BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Tarique Rahman was shown arrested yesterday in a Tk 1.32 crore extortion case filed with Gulshan Police Station on March 27. Earlier on Monday and on March 28, Tarique was shown arrested in two other extortion cases filed with Gulshan and Dhanmondi police stations for extorting Tk 81 lakh and Tk 53 lakh from two businessmen on different dates. Metropolitan Magistrate Selina Akhter passed the order following a petition submitted by the investigation officer (IO) Imtiaz MAK Bhuiyan. In the petition, the IO mentioned that Tarique's close friend and business partner Giasuddin Al Mamun in a confessional statement on April 9 said that he, along with six others, extorted Tk 1.32 crore from Khan Mohammad Aftab Uddin, managing director of Reza Construction Ltd, on different dates under Tarique's protection. Tarique took Tk 80 lakh of the amount as his share, and so he needs to be shown arrested in the case, the IO added. Meanwhile, separate extortion cases were filed yesterday against Awami League leader and former state minister Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir and BNP lawmaker Nadim Mostafa. |
| Posted by:Fred |