HC quashes four extortion cases against Tarique Rahman
October 23, 2024
Online desk: The High Court on Wednesday dismissed four extortion cases filed against Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s acting chairman, Tarique Rahman, stemming from allegations during the emergency regime of 2007.
The bench of Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice Enayetur Hossain, declared the proceedings of the cases illegal, effectively quashing them.
Tarique, currently residing in London, had filed petitions between 2007 and 2008, seeking dismissal of the cases.
Of the four cases, three were lodged with Gulshan Police Station and one with Dhanmondi Police Station in 2007 after Tarique was arrested on March 8, 2008.
