Tk 10b libel against Tarique over Razakar comment
Sunday, 21 December 2014
A libel suit has been filed against BNP's Senior Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman in Munshiganj for calling Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman a 'Razakar'. The case filed by Md Nasibun Islam, president of Munshiganj unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League, on Sunday sought Tk 10 billion as compensation. It follows several other libel and sedition cases filed in Sylhet and Bogra over the remarks. Tarique Rahman, eldest son of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, had claimed Bangabandhu was a collaborator of Pakistani occupation forces in 1971. Tarique, living in the UK since 2008, has sparked controversy by making highly critical remarks against Bangabandhu, according to a news agency.