The High Court has cleared the way for continuing a money-laundering
case against BNP Senior Vice-Chairman Tarique Rahman and his business
partner Giasuddin Al Mamun.
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) in October 2009 filed the case
with Cantonment Police Station accusing the duo of laundering Tk 20.41
crore to Singapore between 2003 and 2007.
On Sunday, the HC rejected a criminal revision petition filed by
Mamun in April challenging the legality of the case proceedings.
Mamun, now in custody, said a special court during the regime of
military backed caretaker government in 2007 had sentenced him to 10
years’ imprisonment in a case where the charge of laundering Tk 20.41
crore was involved.
The ACC has later filed another case against Mamun involving the same charge, which is illegal and unconstitutional, he said.
ACC’s counsel Khurshid Alam Khan said there is no legal bar to
continue the trial proceedings of the money-laundering case against
Tarique and Mamun at the trial court following the HC order.
Barrister AKM Fakhrul Islam, a lawyer for Mamun, that his client will move an appeal before the Appellate Division
against the HC verdict.
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