DHAKA: A court here issued arrest warrant against BNP senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman for terming Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujubur Rahman a ‘Razakar’.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Yunus Khan passed the order after hearing in a case on Thursday noon.

Earlier, several cases were filed against Tarique Rahman for defaming Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujubur Rahman.

At a Victory Day programme in London on Monday (December 15), Tarique called Bangabandhu a ‘razakar’, a term used to describe those who collaborated with the Pakistani army during the 1971 Liberation War.

Tarique, the eldest son of BNP chief Khaleda Zia, further claimed that Bangabandhu never wanted an independent Bangladesh, but a joint Pakistan.

BDST: 1539 HRS, DEC 18, 2014

** Several cases against Tarique