The Interpol has issued a ‘red corner’ notice for arrest of Bangladesh ex-premier Khaleda Zia’s eldest son for masterminding a deadly grenade attack on a rally in 2004 that killed 24 people and permanently impaired the hearing ability of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Tarique Rahman, 47, was issued the notice in absentia as he has been in exile in london for over six years. The Interpol’s ‘most wanted’ list has carried Rahman’s picture with details, saying Bangladesh is seeking him to stand trial in the case.
Interpol, however, did not mention when the red notice was issued but the Bangladesh’s TV channels on Wednesday widely carried the report today as it appeared in the France-based world police organisation’s website. The notice read Rahman, also the senior vice chairman of BNP and currently living in london, was “wanted by the judicial authorities of Bangladesh for prosecution /to serve a sentence” as a Dhaka court earlier declared him “absconding” when he failed to appear on the dock to face the charges in person.