A Dhaka Court on Monday acquitted Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Ishraq Hossain in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission in 2008.
Special Judge’s Court-4 Judge Sheikh Nazmul Alam pronounced the verdict.
The case statement said that the ACC issued a notice to Ishraq on September 1, 2008, to submit a statement of his assets.
On September 4, an ACC sent a notice to Ishraq to submit his wealth statement.
Ishraq did not submit the documents within seven working days fixed by the ACC.
On August 29, 2010, the then ACC assistant director Shamsul Alam filed a case against him with Ramna police station in Dhaka.
On December 6, 2016, ACC deputy director Jahangir Hossain filed a charge-sheet against Ishraq with the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Satyabrata Sikder.
The court framed charges against Ishraq on January 15, 2020.
