Ershad acquitted of radar scam charges

Staff Correspondent: A Dhaka Court acquitted Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad and two others from a case filed against them over radar purchase scam.

Judge Kamrul Hossain Mollah of Metropolitan Senior Special Judge's Court passed the verdict on Wednesday in presence of HM Ershad and two others at a packed court room. 

Earlier on January 8, the Supreme Court (SC) directed the lower court concerned to resume and finish the trial proceedings of the scam case.

The now-defunct Bureau of Anti-Corruption filed the case against Ershad and three others on May 4 in 1992.

According to the case statement, Ershad in connivance with others allegedly caused a loss of Tk 64.04 crore to the state exchequer by purchasing radars from the USA while he was in power.

On August 12, 1995, the trial court framed charges against Ershad, former air chiefs Sultan Mahmud and Mamtazuddin Ahmed, and United Traders Ltd director AKM Musa. Musa has been absconding since then.


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