Hearing deferred till Feb 17
A Dhaka court yesterday deferred the hearing on taking into cognisance the charges against BNP Senior Vice-Chairman Tarique Rahman and his business partner Giasuddin Al Mamun till February 17 in a money laundering case.
Judge Mohammad Zohurul Haque of the Senior Special Judge's Court passed the order after Tarique's lawyer submitted a petition seeking adjournment of the hearing.
In the petition, lawyer Sanaullah Mia mentioned that the Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday disposed of the leave-to-appeal petition saying that the charges brought against Tarique and Mamun were not maintainable under the Money Laundering Act 2009.
The trial proceedings of the case will be held under the Money Laundering Act 2002. But they did not get certified copy of the SC judgment. So they prayed for adjournment of the hearing.
Mamun was produced before the court, while Tarique had gone abroad for medical treatment.
On July 6 last year, the ACC pressed money-laundering charges against the duo for laundering Tk 20.41 crore between 2003 and 2007.
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