Court Correspondent :A court of Dhaka yesterday (Sunday) directed Detective Branch (DB) of police to submit a probe report in a sedition case filed against BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman for allegedly branding Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as “Pakbandhu” (Friend of Pakistan) and spreading distorted information about the War of Liberation.Hearing the charges brought against Tarique Rahman, now living in London, Magistrate Asaduzzaman Nur of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka passed the order asking DB to submit the report on October 30 after investigation.Bangabandhu Foundation president advocate Moshiur Malek filed the complaint of the case. In his complaint, the petitioner alleged that he came to know from a report published in the daily Kaler Kontho on September 29 that Tarique Rahman termed father of the nation Bangabandhu as ‘Pakbandhu’ while addressing a discussion, titled ‘Bangladesher Prothom President Biswaneta Shaheed Ziaur Rahman: Prekhkhit Bangladesh’, in London. The petitioner further accused Tarique of engaging in a pernicious campaign against Bangladesh history, its Liberation War and Bangabndhu’s role.
