Dhaka Special Judge鈥檚 Court-8 on Sunday acquitted former health minister and Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain in a case filed on charges of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk聽12.51 crore.
Judge Md Monjurul Hossain handed down the verdict in the presence of the BNP leader in the case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission in 2008 during the army-controlled caretaker government.
The court said Mosharraf was acquitted from the charges of the case as the prosecution failed to prove the charges brought against him.
After the verdict, Mosharraf expressed his satisfaction and told journalists at the court premises that he got justice from the court after 16 years.
The ACC on January 10, 2008, filed a case with Ramna Police Station against Mosharraf and his wife, Bilkis Hossain, over allegations of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk聽12.51 crore and concealing information about Tk聽3.11 crore in their wealth statements submitted to the ACC.
ACC submitted a charge sheet against the couple on April 13, 2008. But the trial proceeding against Bilkis was quashed by the High Court following her writ petition against the order of framing charge.
On November 28, another Dhaka court acquitted Mosharraf and two others in a case filed over misappropriating Tk聽49,07,808 from the national exchequer by misusing a World Bank fund.
Mosharraf was also acquitted in the Barapukuria coal mine corruption case on November 27. On August 22, he was also acquitted in another case filed on charges of laundering over Tk聽9.53 crore to the United Kingdom.
