DHAKA:  BNP Senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman was sued again for calling Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman a ‘top Razakar.

Ruling party-backed Hawkers League General Secretary Md Abdul Mannan on Sunday filed the defamation suit with Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate court.

In his case, Mannan also sued BNP chairperson’s adviser Mir Mohammad Nasir Uddin, BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi and BNP’s International Affairs Secretary Majedur Rahman.

On December 18, a Dhaka court issued arrest warrant for the BNP Senior Vice-Chairman in a case 'defaming' Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

Moreover, four cases were filed against Tarique at Chittagong, Natore, Comilla and another Dhaka court for defamation of Sheikh Mujib.

On December 15, Tarique Rahman, the elder son of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, said Sheikh Mujib was a “Razakar”, “Killer”, “Friend of Pakistan”, 

Tarique was addressing at a discussion programme on Victory Day arranged by local BNP unit, at Atrium Auditorium of East London.

BDST: 1212 HRS, DEC 21, 2014