Judge being influenced to have Tarique convicted: BNP

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UNB, Dhaka :
BNP on Monday feared that the government is trying to influence the judge of the Speedy Trial Tribunal-1 to implement its blueprint by convicting party senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman and other party leaders in August-21 grenade attack cases.
“The way Tarique Rahman, our party’s some leaders and then some high officials were implicated in the August 21 cases, it’s tantamount to showing a shameless thumb to the judiciary, democracy and the country’s independence and
sovereignty,” said BNP standing committee member Moudud Ahmed. “Considering the overall situation, a strong doubt is created in our mind that the government is trying to influence the judge of August-21 cases bringing the examples of former Chief Justice SK Sinha and Judge Motahar Hossain to implement its blueprint,” he said. The BNP leader came up with the remarks at a press conference at BNP’s Nayapaltan central office as the tribunal is set to deliver its verdict in the case just two days later.
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