BNP's Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman's former private secretary (PS) Mia Nuruddin Ahmed Opu was exempted from the charges of a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act today (Nov 12).
 
Judge Mohammad Abdul Halim of Dhaka Anti-Terrorism Special Tribunal passed the order, allowing a plea filed by the defence.

The other accused in the case are-- Atikur Rahman Atik, Mahmudul Hasan Ferdous, his nephew AM Ali Haider Nafiz, Joynal Abedin, Alamgir Hossain and Faizur Rahman.
 
According to the case document, a team of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) raided an office in the city centre of Motijheel on December 24, 2018 and recovered a huge amount of money from there. 

At the time, the RAB team accused them of hoarding the money to influence the then elections.

BDST: 1630 HRS, NOV 12, 2024
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