Scrapping of Tuku's acquittal upheld

The Supreme Court yesterday upheld its order scrapping the acquittal of former BNP state minister Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku in a corruption case filed in 2007 for amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 2.57 crore.

The SC dismissed a petition filed by Tuku seeking review of its 2014 order that cancelled the acquittal of Tuku. It also asked the High Court to rehear his appeal against the lower court verdict that sentenced him to nine years' imprisonment. Later, Tuku submitted the review petition to the Appellate Division against its 2014 order.

The ACC lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan told The Daily Star that the HC would further hear the appeal of Tuku challenging the lower court verdict. The HC on June 16, 2011 acquitted Tuku of the charges.