Tarique Rahman, acting chairman of BNP has been acquitted by a Noakhali court in a sedition case filed with the court.
Noakhali Additional District and Sessions Judge Court Noman Mohi Uddin passed the order on Wednesday.
Court inspector Md Shah Alam confirmed the matter.
He said that the judge has ordered the officer-in-charge (OC) of Char Jabbar police station to send back the arrest warrant sent in the name of Tarique Rahman in this case.
Earlier on last Sunday afternoon, BNP leaders and activists of Subarnochar held a procession with brooms and shoes against the plaintiff advocate Omar Faruk to withdraw the false case against Tarique Rahman.
It is reported that in December 2014, Tarique Rahman made a speech about former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's father, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, at an event in London.
Subsequently, on February 28, 2015, Advocate Omar Faruk, President of the Subornachar Upazila Awami League and Chairman of Char Jabbar Union, filed a case against Tarique Rahman at the Noakhali Chief Judicial Magistrate's Court.
The court instructed Char Jabbar Police Station to take legal action.
On April 4, 2017, Sub-Inspector (SI) Anwar Hossain Bhuiyan of the police station submitted the charge sheet to the court.
The court then issued an arrest warrant for Tarique Rahman in this case.
