(BSS) - The High Court (HC) today scraped four extortion cases against BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman.

A High Court division bench comprising Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice Syed Enayet Hossain passed the order, declaring absolute a rule issued earlier by the court in this regard.

Senior jurist Barrister AM Mahbub Uddin Khokon and Barrister Kaiser Kamal argued for the BNP leader before the court.