The High Court on Wednesday dismissed four extortion cases lodged against Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting chairman Tarique Rahman during the military-backed interim regime in 2007.
The bench of Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice Enayetur Hossain declared the proceedings illegal, effectively nullifying the cases.
Tarique, who currently resides in London, had filed petitions between 2007 and 2008, challenging the charges brought by four businessmen who accused him of extortion during the BNP-led government.
Of the four cases, three were filed with Gulshan Police Station and one with Dhanmondi Police Station after Tarique鈥檚 arrest on March 8, 2007.
Supreme Court Bar Association president AM Mahbub Uddin Khokon, representing Tarique, argued that the 鈥榝alse鈥� cases were part of a political agenda to sideline former prime minister Khaleda Zia and Tarique from national politics during the military-backed interim regime.
Tarique鈥檚 lawyer, Md Zakir Hossain Bhuyain, told 抖阴精品 that 36 cases had been filed against his client, with convictions in at least six of them.
