Dhaka Bureau: Tariq Rahman and his wife, Dr., are absconding in the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) case on the charge of acquiring wealth outside of known income. Zobayda Rahman. They have been ordered to appear in court. Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md. published this gazette from the Bangladesh Government Mint. Achaduzzaman.
According to the report, Tarek Rahman and his wife, Dr. An arrest warrant is issued against Zobayda Rahman. The court has reasonable grounds to believe that they are in hiding to avoid arrest and prosecution. Therefore, they have been directed to appear before the tribunal on the next scheduled date (February 6). Otherwise, the proceedings will be completed in their absence.
Earlier on January 19, Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md. Asaduzzaman ordered them to appear in court and publish the gazette. At the same time, the court fixed February 6 as the date for submitting the report.
The day was fixed for the submission of a progress report on the confiscation of their properties. The officer-in-charge (OC) of the Cantonment Police Station filed a report in court saying that they did not receive any of their goods. The judge then directed them to appear in court through BG Press to publish the gazette as the next step in the case.
The court issued an arrest warrant against Tarek Rahsan and Zobaida on November 1 of last year. Unable to arrest them, the police filed a report. As a further step, the court ordered the confiscation of their property. At the same time, the OC of the Cantonment Police Station was directed to submit a progress report on the seizure of property by January 19.
According to the details of the case, the ACC filed a case on September 26, 2007 at the capital’s Kafrul police station on charges of owning Tk. Tariq Rahman, Zobayda Rahman, and Tariq Rahman’s mother-in-law, Iqbal Mand Banu, were accused in the case. Then, in 2008, a charge sheet was filed against these three.
Meanwhile, Jobaida appealed to the High Court to cancel the case. In the same year, in view of this application, the High Court issued a ruling suspending the proceedings in the case. On appeal against it, the Appellate Division upheld the order of the High Court. However, after the final hearing in this regard, on April 12, 2017, the High Court dismissed the application for cancellation of the case (rule discharge). At the same time, Zobayda was ordered to appear in court within eight weeks in that case.
Jobaida filed an appeal against the dismissal order of the High Court that same year. After that, the four-member appellate bench led by Chief Justice Hasan Faiz Siddiqui rejected the leave to appeal and upheld the judgment given by the High Court.
