The prosecution on Thursday placed its arguments before a Dhaka court in the money-laundering case against BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman and his business partner Giasuddin Al Mamun.
Following completion of the prosecution’s arguments, Judge of the Special Judge Court-3 Mohammad Motahar Hossain fixed November 11 for the defence to place their arguments over the charges.
The prosecution also appealed to the court seeking its directives to the foreign secretary to inform the court as to whether the warrant of arrest for Tarique, also eldest son of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, was executed.
The, court, however, did not pass any order in this regard.
Earlier, the court recorded statements of 13 prosecution witnesses and five defence witnesses.
On October 26, 2009, the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) filed the case with Cantonment Police Station against Tarique Rahman and Mamun for siphoning off Tk 20.41 crore.
According to the case statement, Giasuddin Al Mamun took Tk 204,125,843 from Khadiza Islam, owner of a construction company with a promise to give her work of 80 megawatt power station in Tongi. Mamun deposited the money at his Singapore bank account.
The court framed charges against Tarique and Mamun on August 8, 2011.
The trial in the case began on September 11 of 2011 with deposition of complainant Mohammad Ibrahim, a deputy director of the ACC.
Mamun was arrested on March 26, 2007 and since then he has been behind the bars.
Meanwhile, Tarique has been in London since September 2008.
Source: UNB Connect
