Next hearing on January 24

A Dhaka court yesterday adjourned till January 24 the hearing of a money laundering case against BNP Senior Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman and his business partner Giasuddin Al Mamun.
Mamun's lawyer Barrister Fakhrul Islam during the hearing asked Hosne Ara Begum, the then officer-in-charge of Cantonment Police Station, two questions.
The first question was about the witness who went to the police station for filing the case. She replied that Assistant Director of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Mohammad Ibrahim went to the police station on October 26, 2009 to file the first information report (FIR) that she recorded as a regular case.
Judge Mohammad Mozammel Haque of the Special Judge Court-3 then adjourned the hearing following a prayer seeking time by Barrister Fakhrul.
Another witness, Mir Alimuzzaman, the then inspector of Detective Branch of police, was also present at the court to face cross-examination by Mamun's lawyer.
Both witnesses gave their statements before the court on December 8 last year.
Mamun was present in court while Tarique is in London now. Tarique was detained on March 7 in 2007, but allowed to go abroad for treatment next year.
An FBI agent on November 16 testified in the money laundering case and narrated how she had tracked down the money laundered allegedly by the duo.