Tarique Rahman Acquitted in Two Sylhet Sedition Cases

Sylhet Corresponent

A Sylhet court dismissed two sedition cases against BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman, acquitting him of charges filed nearly a decade ago.

Judge Sagir Ahmed of the Sylhet Metropolitan Magistrate Court cleared Tarique in the cases filed in 2014, which, according to Sylhet District BNP General Secretary Emran Ahmed Chowdhury, were aimed at politically harassing him.

The cases were initiated on December 22, 2014, by former Chhatra League leaders M Raihan Ahmed Chowdhury and Shamim Mollah, following remarks Tarique allegedly made about Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman while speaking from the UK on December 15, 2014.

The court’s dismissal comes on the same day the High Court acquitted Tarique and others, including former BNP state minister Lutfozzaman Babar, in two cases related to the August 21, 2004, grenade attack.