HC scraps 4 extortion cases against Tarique Rahman

The High Court (HC) on Wednesday scraped four extortion cases against BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman.

A High Court division bench comprising Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice Syed Enayet Hossain passed the order, declaring absolute a rule issued earlier by the court in this regard, reports BSS.

Senior jurist Barrister AM Mahbub Uddin Khokon and Barrister Kaiser Kamal argued for the BNP leader before the court.