Warrant against Tarique – Aug 30 set for report

The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Thursday set August 30 for submission of the compliance report on the arrest of BNP Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman in a defamation case filed against him for making derogatory remarks against Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Metropolitan Magistrate Emdadul Haque of the CMM Court on Thursday fixed the date as the Paltan Police Station in the capital failed to submit the report on Thursday as directed earlier. The warrant was issued on December 22, last year.
The First Information Report of the case says that Tareque Rahman made defamatory remarks about Bangabandhu and Sheikh Hasina on November 11, last year in Artium Hall of East London and that caused damage of Tk one billion to the reputation of Bangladesh Awami League. Md Monir Khan, Assistant Secretary of a sub-committee of the party filed the case with the CMM Court of Dhaka on November 17, last year. – Court Correspondent