SC acquits Tarique, Gias Uddin from money laundering case

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today acquitted BNP’s acting chairman Tarique Rahman and his close aide Gias Uddin Al Mamun from a money laundering case, in which they were sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment by the High Court.

The apex court also scrapped the HC verdict in the case.

A four-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed delivered the judgement following an appeal filed by Gias Uddin challenging the HC verdict, Advocate Maksud Ullah, a lawyer for Tarique Rahman, told .

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