Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said that everything will be done to bring back BNP Acting Chairman Tariq Rahman and his wife Jobaida Rahman, who were sentenced by the court.
The minister told reporters at the secretariat on Thursday (August 10) at noon.
On August 2, the Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Court sentenced Tariq Rahman to 9 years in prison in the case of concealment of wealth information and acquisition of assets outside known income. Tariq's wife Zobaida was also sentenced to three years in prison.
Earlier, a memorandum was handed over to the minister on behalf of the Jubo League on the four-point demand. Jubo League chairman Sheikh Fazle Shams Parash and general secretary Mainul Hossain Khan Nikhil handed over the memorandum to the Home Minister. There is also a demand to bring back Tariq Rahman and Zobayda.
After receiving the memorandum, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal told reporters, "We have received their memorandum." According to the law, we will do the arrangements that need to be done by the Ministry of Home Affairs. Meanwhile Tariq Zia and his wife have been convicted by the court. We will do everything we can to bring them back.