Jail sentence of ex-BNP lawmaker Millat scrapped
The High Court (HC) yesterday scrapped the eight years' jail sentence of former BNP lawmaker M Rashiduzzaman Millat in a corruption case.
A special court, set up on the Sangsad Bhaban premises, on January 29, 2008 handed down the sentence to Millat for amassing wealth illegally and concealing information to the Anti- Corruption Commission (ACC).
An HC bench of Justice Syed Muhammad Dastagir Husain and Justice AKM Zahirul Hoque yesterday delivered the verdict after granting an appeal filed by Millat against the special court judgment.
Earlier, this bench acquitted 14 people, including 10 political leaders, of separate corruption charges for which they were convicted and sentenced to different terms of imprisonment during the regime of the caretaker government.
ACC Deputy Director Mobara Khanom filed the case concerning illegal wealth on June 3 last year accusing that in the wealth statement submitted to the ACC Millat concealed information about Tk 4.97 crore wealth.
In the first information report (FIR), the complainant mentioned that he also accumulated Tk 5,16,32,098 wealth beyond known sources of his income. Millat earlier got bail from the HC in the case.
Barrister M Badruddoza Badal appeared for Millat.
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