Staff Reporter

A court in Dhaka yesterday rejected the bail petition of BNP’s senior joint secretary general Tarique Rahman in a case field with Kafrul police station in the city for extortion and high handedness in connection with trader dropping.
Md Azizul Haque, Metropolitan Sessions Judge of Dhaka heard the bail petition and rejected it. Tarique Rahman, elder son of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, was arrested on March 7 last years under Section 16 (2) of be Emergency Power Rules 2007 as per general diary (GD) No 551 of Kafrul police station. [Read more]