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Download PDF A Dhaka court yesterday adjourned the proceedings of the Tk 1 crore extortion case against BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Tarique Rahman till April 17, following a time petition by the defence lawyers.
Metropolitan Magistrate Abdur Rouf Khan passed the order after defence lawyers filed a petition seeking stay of the processing of the case.
In yesterday’s petition, defence lawyer ABM Sharfuddin Khan Mukul told the court that they had earlier submitted a petition with the High Court (HC) on April 4, seeking quashment of the case.
As the quashment petition is on the list of hearing, the proceedings of the extortion case should be adjourned until hearing of the petition filed with the HC is completed, the defence lawyer said.
Tarique, the eldest son of former premier Khaleda Zia, was taken to the court in a prison van at around 11:00am under tight security. He looked dejected at that time.
Earlier on April 2, a Dhaka court rejected the petition seeking stay on the proceedings of the extortion case.
The quashment petition was filed on April 4 against the rejection order.
The court rejected the petition following a criminal revision filed by Tarique’s counsels against the earlier rejection order of the lower court.
On March 29, Metropolitan Magistrate Abdur Rouf Khan rejected a petition filed by Tarique’s lawyers challenging the legality of the investigation officer (IO) of the case submitting the charge sheet of the case.
Tarique is now serving a month’s detention in Dhaka Central Jail.
Tarique was also shown arrested in connection with the Tk 81 lakh extortion case filed with Gulshan Police Station on March 27.
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