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| Plea for arrest warrant against Tarique |
| 2011-06-08 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] Prosecution on Tuesday submitted a petition to a Dhaka court seeking issuance of an arrest warrant against BNP Senior Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman in a money laundering case. Special Public Prosecutor Mosharraf Hossain Kajol submitted the petition on ground that Tarique went abroad for treatment before filing of the case and he did not obtain bail from any court in the case. Moreover, the trial court on May 19 asked Tarique to appear before it on Tuesday (today) but his lawyer did not file any petition with the court regarding his absence. So, the prosecution appealed to the court to issue an arrest warrant against him for his non-appearance before the court. Judge Mohammad Mozammel Hosain of the Special Judge's Court-3 will deliver an order on the petition later in the day. On the other hand, Tarique's lawyer Sanaullah Miah submitted a petition with the court on Tuesday seeking an adjournment of the charge framing hearing, saying that they had earlier filed a criminal revision with the High Court challenging May 5 trial court order for taking the charges into cognisance against Tarique. But the hearing on the revision will be held on June 20. That's why, the lawyer prayed for an adjournment for hearing the charge framing. After hearing, the court fixed July 3 as the next date for hearing on the charge framing in the case. |
| Posted by:Fred |