BNP Senior Vice-Chairman Tarique Rahman can secure bail if he surrenders to the trial court in the money laundering case following the High Court order.
Law Minister Anisul Haque said this while answering queries from reporters about brining Tarique Rahman from the United Kingdom.
The law minister was talking to reporters after the meeting with British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Robert Gibson at his office at the secretariat yesterday.
“It is Tarique’s own matter if he will surrender but as part of legal process he can get bail after surrendering to the trial court,” Anisul said. On Sunday, the HC ordered Tarique to surrender before the Dhaka court that acquitted him in a Tk20 crore money laundering case.
The HC bench of Justice Nizamul Huq and Justice Jahangir Hossain passed the order accepting the appeal for hearing filed on December 5 by the Anti-Corruption Commission for convicting Tarique.
The bench also directed the trial court to release Tarique after his surrender subject to its own satisfaction.
