The High Court on Sunday declared BNP's acting chairman Tarique Rahman and his wife Zubaida Rahman as "fugitives" while rejecting a writ petition to challenge a 2007 graft case for misappropriating Tk4.82 crore.
A bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Kazi Md Ejarul Haque Akondo passed the order, reports Bangla Tribune.
The court also ordered to complete the trial proceedings in the case as early as possible.
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Dhaka's chief metropolitan magistrate has been directed to send the record of the case to the Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court in Dhaka in 10 days.
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) filed the case against Tarique, his wife Zubaida and her mother Syeda Iqbal Mand Banu of amassing illegal wealth and concealing information in wealth statements, with the Kafrul police station on September 26, 2007.