A Dhaka court has issued an arrest warrant against BNP Senior Vice-Chairman Tarique Rahman in a defamation case filed for calling Bangabandhu "Razakar."
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Mahabubur Rahman passed the order on Monday afternoon.
Earlier in the day, Bangladesh Chhatra League leader of Rupnagar police station Alhaj Monir Hossain Molla filed the case with the court.
While addressing a programme in London on December 15, Tarique called Bangladesh’s founding president Bangabandhu a “Razakar,” a term which has become synonymous with a collaborator or traitor of Pakistani military since the 1971 Liberation War.
Tarique said Sheikh Mujib had accepted Yahya Khan as Pakistan's president and went for the national and provincial elections accepting his conditions.
He claimed that father of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Sheikh Mujib never wanted an independent Bangladesh but a combined Pakistan.
Another Dhaka court issued an arrest warrant against Tarique Rahman in a defamation case for calling Bangabandhu "Pakbandhu" on December 10.
Tarique has been in London since September 11, 2008 on medical grounds after securing parole in various cases.
He faces 14 charges, of which four, including the August 21 grenade attack case, are on trial and the rest are stayed.
