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Kh Mosharraf acquitted in money laundering case

August 23, 2024 00:00:00


A Dhaka court has acquitted BNP Standing Committee Member Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain in a money laundering case filed with Ramna Model thana in 2014, reports BSS.

"Judge Abul Kashem of Dhaka Special Judge Court-1 handed down the verdict in presence of Dr Mosharraf on Thursday, as the allegations against him were not proved beyond any reasonable doubt before the court," his attorney Taderul Islam Touhid told BSS.

ACC Director Nasim Anwar filed the money laundering as the plaintiff.

Charge-sheet was pressed against him on August 14, 2014. On October 28, 2015, the court framed charges against him.

During the trial, nine witnesses testified before the court. It was revealed that ACC investigation found evidence of smuggling more than Tk 950 million in the UK's Lloyd Bank during his tenure from 2001 to 2006.


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