Dhaka-2 ( Legislative Election )
Tarique sends legal notice to Hasan Mahmud
Senior Vice President of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party Tarique Rahman on Thursday sent a legal notice to the Awami League publicity and publication secretary Hasan Mahmud give him two weeks to prove that he deposited the money in a Swiss bank. Barrister Kamal Kaiser sent the legal notice through courier and also due to Tarique who is staying in London post. Kaiser said, "Hasan Mahmud on Tuesday said Tarique has money in Swiss bank comment is false or baseless and defaming Tarique .." Also threatened legal action in a court of competent Mahmud, if the declaration has been withdrawn and no excuses on time. Speaking at a discussion at Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) of Mahmud, also a former minister, Tarique, Koko and Khaleda Zia to have the money deposited in Swiss banks, he said. In his legal notice, Tarique refers to a report published in the Daily Amader Samoy Wednesday in this regard. Kaiser said Mahmud have two weeks to prove his comment that Tarique and Arafat Rahman Koko have Swiss bank accounts. "Tarique and any other member of your family have a bank account in Switzerland. Therefore, no question of depositing money there," he said. - Posted on : 04-July-2014