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Money laundering case: Conviction warrant issued against Tarique.

A Dhaka court today sent a conviction warrant against BNP Senior Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman to his cantonment residence in connection with a money laundering case in which he was sentenced to seven years imprisonment and fined Tk 20 crore.

Judge Abu Ahmed Jamadar of Dhaka Special Judge Court-3 passed the order after getting the full verdict of the High Court.

Conviction warrant against BNP Senior Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman has been issued to his cantonment residence on Monday, November 7, 2016 in connection with a money laundering case in which he was sentenced seven years imprisonment and fined Tk 20 crore. STAR file photo

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The same court received the HC verdict on October 26 but today it sent the conviction warrant against him, directing the officer-in-charge (OC) of the Cantonment Police Station to execute the order.

The HC overturned a lower court verdict that acquitted Tarique in the money laundering case involving Tk 20.41 crore.

This is the first time Tarique, elder son of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, has been convicted and handed down punishment by a court in one of the 19 cases filed against him since 2007.

In 2013, the lower court acquitted the BNP leader of the money laundering charge. It jailed Mamun for seven years and fined him Tk 40 crore..

After delivering the verdict, the trial court judge left the country, giving rise to speculations that he had acquitted Tarique following an alleged deal.

The Anti-Corruption Commission, which filed the case in 2009, challenged Tarique's acquittal. Mamun also filed an appeal with the HC against the trial court verdict.

In the money laundering case, he was accused of siphoning off the money to Singapore when the BNP was in power.

On July 21 this year, an HC bench found Tarique guilty of money laundering and sentenced him in absentia.

Tarique was arrested in an anti-corruption crackdown in March 2007 and was released on bail on September 3 the following year.

He flew to the UK on September 11 for treatment and has been staying in London since then.

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