SC relieves AL leader of graft case

The Supreme Court (SC) trashed on Thursday the graft case pending with the trial court against Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, religious affairs secretary of the ruling Awami League, as 'being not pressed', reports UNB.
A three-member Appellate Division Bench, headed by Chief Justice Md Muzammel Hossain, passed the order as the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) moved a plea of non-prosecution of the case.
Emerging from the court, MA Aziz Khan, the counsel for the anti-graft watchdog, told reporters that following the apex court order the graft case accusing Abdullah of concealing information on his wealth amounting Tk 4.2 million remained inoperative.
The non-prosecution plea was filed before the Appellate Division as the ACC changed its mindset in running the case, he said, adding that the ACC on June 8 this year took the decision at a meeting in this connection.
Earlier, following a petition filed by Abdullah, the High Court on August 18, 2010 quashed the graft case pending with the Dhaka special judge's court.
Later, the ACC in April, 2011 filed the appeal with the Appellate Division against the HC verdict.
On January 6, 2008, during the military-backed caretaker government, the ACC filed a case with Ramna Police Station against Abdullah accusing him of accumulating wealth through illegal means and concealing information about his actual wealth.