The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has moved the High Court challenging a Dhaka court’s verdict acquitting BNP's Senior Vice-Chairman Tarique Rahman in a money laundering case.
Published : 05 Dec 2013, 01:19 PM
The anti-graft body filed an appeal in this regards on Thursday, ACC's lawyer Md Khurshid Alam said.
On Nov 17, Judge Md Motahar Hossain of the Special Judges' Court-3 found BNP chief Khaleda Zia's elder son not guilty of the money laundering charges and acquitted him.
But Tarique Rahman's close business associate Giasuddin-Al-Mamun had been sentenced to seven years in prison and fined Tk 400 million for complicity in the money laundering case.
ACC counsel Md Khorshed Alam told bdnews24.com on Thursday that they have sought cancellation of the Lower Court's verdict.
"We said (in the appeal plea) that verdict has a lot of legal oversight. The court acquitted Tarique without properly examining our witnesses and documented evidences," he said.
Alam said that the charges brought against Tarique Rahman falls under the definition of money laundering.
BNP's senior Vice-Chairman Tarique Rahman was not present during the verdict as he had been living in London since 2008 after securing a bail from the Supreme Court.
The trial of Tarique and Mamun had begun on July 6, 2010, after the ACC filed a charge-sheet against them at the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court.