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Download PDF Tarique Rahman, BNP’s senior joint secretary general, and his close friend Giasuddin Al Mamun, already accused in two and four cases respectively, will face several other cases on different charges including extortion, issuing threats and money laundering, sources said.
A businessman lodged an extortion case against Tarique and Mamun with Gulshan Police Station On Tuesday while another businessman filed two extortion cases against Mamun, former BNP lawmaker Khairul Kabir Khokan and five others with Gulshan and Kafrul police stations in the city.
Sources said investigators already received enough evidence and information from Tarique regarding extortion and siphoning off a huge amount of money to foreign banks while he was quizzed during a four-day remand recently.
Mamun, now on a five-day remand, is also being questioned extensively at the Joint Interrogation Cell (JIC).
Tarique and Mamun will also be sued for taking a huge amount of money helping people illegally win tenders in power, shipping, transport and other sectors, the sources said.
They may also face charges of making money by influencing transfer of government officials of their choice to lucrative posts, they hinted.
Associates of Tarique and Mamun will also be accused in the cases to be filed against them, the sources added.
TUESDAY’S CASES
Khan Mohammad Aftab Uddin, managing director of Reza Construction Ltd, in the case he filed with Kafrul police on Tuesday, complained that Mamun, Khairul Kabir and the five other accused extorted Tk 16 lakh from him in 2005.
In the case filed with Gulshan police, Aftab alleged that the seven accused including Mamun and Khairul had earlier extorted Tk 1.32 crore from him. He mentioned that he could not file any case at that time fearing reprisal as the BNP-led alliance was in power.
The other accused in the cases are Obaidul Karim alias Sohel, Mamun’s APS Kamruzzaman, Mahbub, Hablu and Mota Tariq.
On Tuesday, Harun Ferdousi, managing director of Judge Distilleries Ltd, filed one case accusing five persons including Tarique and Mamun of forcing him to pay them Tk 81 lakh.
The other accused are Tarique’s associates Babul Kazi, Enamul Haque and Giasuddin Quaiyum.
Of the Tk 81 lakh, Tarique took Tk 45 lakh, Mamun Tk 35 lakh and the three others shared Taka one lakh.
Tarique, now in jail on a one-month detention, is already facing a Tk 1 crore extortion charge filed by Amin Ahmed, owner of Al-Amin Construction, while Mamun is now on remand in an arms case.
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