Staff Reporter :
Law Minister Anisul Huq on Thursday said, BNP Acting Chairperson Tarique Rahman can be brought back to the country from the United Kingdom under the mutual legal assistance law even if he is not citizen of Bangladesh.
“So far I know Tarique Rahman has surrendered his Bangladeshi passport to the Home office of the United Kingdom and he sought political asylum there. It means that he has voluntarily said that he (Tarique) does not want any more to remain a citizen of Bangladesh. Therefore, he has surrendered his Bangladeshi citizenship,” the minister said.
The law minister was addressing a press conference in the conference room of the Law Ministry on the occasion of observing National Legal Aid Day on April 28.
Minister Anisul Huq said Tarique Rahman, who is convicted and sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment in a money laundering
case, was a citizen of Bangladesh when he committed the crime.
He (Tarique) went to the UK by submitting an undertaking to the effect, the minister said, that the government can bring him back to the county under the mutual legal assistance act.
Law Minister Anisul Huq on Thursday said, BNP Acting Chairperson Tarique Rahman can be brought back to the country from the United Kingdom under the mutual legal assistance law even if he is not citizen of Bangladesh.
“So far I know Tarique Rahman has surrendered his Bangladeshi passport to the Home office of the United Kingdom and he sought political asylum there. It means that he has voluntarily said that he (Tarique) does not want any more to remain a citizen of Bangladesh. Therefore, he has surrendered his Bangladeshi citizenship,” the minister said.
The law minister was addressing a press conference in the conference room of the Law Ministry on the occasion of observing National Legal Aid Day on April 28.
Minister Anisul Huq said Tarique Rahman, who is convicted and sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment in a money laundering
case, was a citizen of Bangladesh when he committed the crime.
He (Tarique) went to the UK by submitting an undertaking to the effect, the minister said, that the government can bring him back to the county under the mutual legal assistance act.
