Five cases filed against Tarique for remarks about Bangabandhu

Five defamation cases were filed against BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman Thursday in Dhaka, Comilla, Chittagong and Natore for calling Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman a 'great Razakar,' reports UNB.

Hawkers League general secretary M Abdul Mannan filed a defamation and a sedition case against Tarique, also the eldest son of BNP founder Ziaur Rahman and current chairperson Khaleda Zia, with the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate M Maruf Hossain for his derogatory comments.

BNP adviser Mir Mohammad Nasir Uddin, its joint secretary Ruhul Kabir Rizvi and its international affairs secretary Majedur Rahman were also made accused in the same case.

Besides, M Mostafizur Rahman Dulal, a member of Dhaka Bar, filed another case against Tarique with the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate M Yunus Khan for the same reason.

In Comilla, district Sheikh Russel Krira Chakra president Sudhirnandi Babu filed a case against Tarique with the chief judicial magistrate court-1 .

The court ordered Tarique to appear before it on March 1, 2015.

In Chittagong, city unit Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) general secretary Nurul Azim Ronny filed another defamation suit and a sedition case against him with the Chittagong Metropolitan Magistrate court.

In Natore, another defamation suit was filed against Tarique with the court of Senior Judicial Magistrate Ishrat Jahan Munni by Arif Hossain, joint secretary of Natore Poura Ward No 3 of AL.