UNB, Dhaka :The High Court (HC) on Wednesday turned down a plea filed by BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman and three others seeking the quashing of proceedings against them in a Tk-21 crore bribery case.An HC bench comprising Justice Md Ruhul Quddus and Justice Mahmudul Hoque passed the order, clearing the way to continue the case in the lower court.The three other accused are former State Minister for Home Lutfozzaman Babar, Bashundhara Group director Abu Sufian and businessman Kazi Salimul Haque Kamal alias Econo Kamal. Barrister Mahabub Uddin Khokan and Barrister HM Sanzid Siddique stood for Tarique Rahman while Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) counsel Khurshid Alam Khan argued for the state.Sanzid Siddique said the HC discharged Tarique’s pleas while the court upheld the bail of the BNP leader in the case. On October 4, 2007, the ACC filed the case with Ramna Police Station against six people for the transaction of Tk 21 crore in bribe for not implicating one of Bashundhara Group Chairman Shah Alam’s sons in a sensational murder case filed in 2006.
