HC orders Tarique to surrender

To hold hearing on ACC appeal to review his acquittal in money laundering case

The High Court today ordered BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman to surrender before a trial court following appeal by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) against his acquittal in a money laundering case. The court however directed the lower court that deals with the money laundering case involving Tk 20.41 crore to grant Tarique, also the elder son of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, bail after his surrender. On November 17 last year, a Dhaka court acquitted Tarique in the money laundering case and sentenced his friend and business partner Giasuddin Al Mamun to seven years in prison and also fined him Tk 40 crore in the case. The ACC on December 5 filed an appeal with the HC, challenging acquittal of Tarique in the case. Tarique is now undergoing treatment in London. The HC bench of Justice...