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A Dhaka court on Thursday ordered police to confiscate moveable and immovable properties of BNP acting Chairman Tarique Rahman and his wife Zubaida Rahman in a case filed on charges of amassing illegal wealth.
Judge Asaduzzman of Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge’s Court issued the order in the case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) in 2007.
The court also directed the Cantonment Police Station OC to submit a progress report on the implementation of the order by January 19, said ACC’s court inspector Aminul Islam.
The court on November 1 last year issued warrants for the arrest of Tarique and Zubaida who have been in London since 2008. On September 26, 2007, ACC filed a case with Kafrul Police Station against Tarique, his wife Zubaida and her mother Syeda Iqbal Mand Banu on charges of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 4.82 crore.
They were also accused of concealing information of wealth worth Tk 2.16 crore in their wealth statements submitted to the commission. After concluding investigation, charges were pressed against the three accused with the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court on March 31, 2009.
On June 26 last year, the High Court declared Tarique and Zubaida ‘fugitives’ and rejected their writ petitions challenging the filing of the case. The HC also withdrew a stay order on the case filed in 2007. In addition, the HC directed the lower court concerned to complete the trial proceedings as soon as possible.
Trial proceedings against Tarique’s mother-in-law Syeda Iqbal Mand Banu were rescinded in the case.
