Barrister Mahbub Uddin Khokan, counsel for Tarique Rahman, alleged on Monday that a Dhaka court’s order to deport Tarique Rahman from the UK to Bangladesh with the help of the Interpol was infructuous as it had no legal basis. “There is no precedence of using the Interpol to arrest a political leader following a government ... Read more
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Arrest warrant issued against MK Anwar
A court here on Tuesday issued a warrant for the arrest of BNP standing committee member MK Anwar on charge of instigating communal forces and defaming a Swechchhasebak League leader. Metropolitan Magistrate Hasibul Haque passed the order after accepting a petition filed by Swechchhasebak League leader Debashish Biswas in this regard. In his complaint, Debashish ... Read more
Arrest warrants against two fugitive war crime suspects
The International Crimes Tribunal-2 (ICT-2) issued arrest warrants against Chowdhury Mueen Uddin and Ashrafuzzaman Khan, two expatriate war crime suspects of 1971, on Thursday. The three-member tribunal, headed by its chairman, Justice Obaidul Hassan, passed the order after taking into cognisance allegations against the two. It also asked the police to execute
Police asked to report on warrants in 15 days
A Dhaka court on Tuesday gave the police 15 more days to report on the execution of the warrants it had issued for arrest of Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia’s eldest son Tarique Rahman and 11 others in a case for the grenade attack on an Awami League rally on August 21, 2004. Dhaka ... Read more