Trial starts in graft case against Tarique Rahman, his wife
The trial of the graft case filed against BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman and his wife Zubaida Rahman began at a Dhaka court this afternoon.
Judge Md Asaduzzaman of Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge's Court started recording the statements of ACC Deputy Director Momammad Zahirul Huda, also the complainant of the case, around 3:50pm, court sources said.
On September 26, 2007, Zahirul Huda filed the case with Kafrul Police Station against Tarique Rahman, Zubaida, and her mother Syeda Iqbal Mand Banu, on charges of amassing assets worth Tk 4.82 crore through illegal means and concealing information of Tk 2.16 crore in their wealth statements.
ACC pressed charges against the three with the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court, Dhaka, on March 31, 2009.
However, trial proceedings against Tarique's mother-in-law Syeda Iqbal Mand Banu were rescinded.
Tarique and Zubaida have been in London since 2008.
On April 13 this year, the court framed charges against them in their absence.
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