Conviction warrant issued against Tarique Rahman

A Dhaka court has issued conviction warrant against BNP Senior Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman in a Tk20.41 crore money laundering case. Judge Abu Ahmed Jamadar of Dhaka Special Court 3 made the order on Monday following the High Court order, special public prosecutor Mosharraf Hossain Kajol confirmed the Dhaka Tribune. The court sent the conviction warrant to criminal intelligence and prosecution department of Dhaka court for sending it to Tarique’s the then Cantonment address. On July 21 of this year, the High Court handed seven-year imprisonment and Tk20 crore fine to Tarique Rahman scrapping his acquittal in the money laundering case. Previously, a lower court had acquitted Tarique of charges and sentenced his friend Mamun to seven years of imprisonment with Tk40 crore fine. Later Anti-graft body Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) appealed against the verdicts. The High Court also directed the lower court concerned to issue conviction warrant against Tarique Rahman as he has been absconding. The ACC filed the case against Tarique and Mamun in October, 2009 for siphoning off the money to Singapore between 2003 and 2007.