Foreign Minister Dipu Moni addresses a press briefing at her office in the capital on Tuesday.
Foreign Minister Dipu Moni on Tuesday said the Bangladesh government had informed Interpol and Scotland Yard that BNP leader Tarique Rahman is a fugitive.
“As Tarique did not attend court hearings, he has now become a fugitive accused,” Dipu Moni said at a press briefing at her office. “We’ve already informed Interpol and English Police that he is now wanted in our country.”
She said the government would no longer consider Tarique, the senior vice-chairman and elder son of opposition leader Khaleda Zia, as a politician since he quit politics in 2008.
“Before leaving the country, he (Tarique) had given an undertaken that he would never get active in politics again,” the foreign minister added.
On May 26, a Dhaka court cleared the way for the Anti-Corruption Commission to ask for Interpol’s help in arresting Tarique in connection with a money laundering case.
Source: The Daily Star
