Since both mother and son Tarique, still at the helm of the BNP, are facing a slew of corruption charges and stand convicted in many of those, they possibly will not be able to contest elections.
Tarique Rahman made thousands of crores of cash through commission trading, extortion and corruption in the five years of the BNP-Jamaat coalition government from 2001 to 2006. He sent the money abroad through his business friend Giasuddin Al Mamun. They invested a part of this money in some European countries, Malaysia and Singapore through five accounts abroad. During the caretaker government, Tarique Rahman, who was detained by law enforcement agencies, said that Mamun and Silver Salim used to look after the matters of sending and investing money abroad. His brother Arafat Rahman Koko, his friend Mamun, and his maternal uncle Sayeed Iskandar looked after his domestic businesses.
Between 2001 and 2006, the influential BNP-Jamaat leaders and activities, who were close to Hawa Bhaban, deforested thousands of hectares of land indiscriminately and grabbed the forests across the country. With the help of Chief Conservators of Forests, Munshi Anwarul (2004-2005) and Osman Gani (2005-2006), the BNP-Jamaat ring smuggled timber and grabbed forest land to earn thousands of crores of taka. Several BNP MPs, ministers, Prime Minister's Office, and Hawa Bhaban were directly involved in such looting and anomalies.
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