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Court Correspondent

Prosecution yesterday sought a 7-day remand against BNP's Senior Joint Secretary General Tareque Rahman in Gulshan Thana's extortion case No. 103(3) 07 to quiz the detained accused Tareque, elder son of former Primer Minister Khaleda Zia.

The date for remand hearing in presence of the accused has not been declared till writing this report. Meanwhile, the court yesterday received four bail bonds submitted on behalf of BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Tareque Rahman. However, ACMM Golam Rabbani has ordered, the detainee to be freed after the Principal of some Government College stands for his bail.

The four cases are: Shahbagh Thana Case No. 14(4) 07, Gulshan Thana Case No. 102(3) 07, Dhanmondi Thana Case No. 2(4) 07 and Kafrul Thana Case No. 68(3) 07.

Besides, the court also received a bail bond submitted on behalf of Begum Khaleda Zia's younger son detained Arafat Rahman Koko.