Led by ACC Deputy Director Zahirul Huda, they quizzed Tarique about his property including a house that he co-owns in the city's Gulshan area. The then government had leased the house No. 3/B in Block NE (D) to the Zia family after Ziaur Rahman's death in 1981.

During the one-and-a-half-hour questioning that started at 4:00pm in the doctor's room of the central jail, the interrogators asked him also about his 2.01-acre land at Sailakandi in Bogra and bank accounts.

Earlier on July 1, the taskforce questioned Tarique's wife and mother-in-law about his wealth declared to the anti-graft body.

"We asked him (Tarique) about the wealth statement to the ACC and took notes of what he said in reply," Zahirul Huda told reporters at the jail gate.

"The information [in the wealth statement] was given in summary, so we asked him to clarify on some points," he said adding that they would match his statements against the records.

Asked if there was any discrepancy between what he told them yesterday and the statement to the ACC, Huda said, "It is premature for us to comment."

Queried if they should need him to be quizzed further, he said that it depends on if his statements tally with the records.

The other two members of the team are Abdus Samad Al Azad, deputy commissioner of income tax, and Major Redwanur Rahman.

Tarique, senior joint secretary general of the BNP, was accompanied by his lawyer Ahmed Aazam Khan for the last 50 minutes of the questioning.

Charged with extortion, he submitted his wealth statement through his lawyers on June 10 where he claimed that he together with his wife and daughter has assets worth around Tk 1.40 crore.