BNP Vice Chair Bulu acquitted in 2008 corruption case

BNP Vice Chairman Barkat Ullah Bulu has been acquitted in a corruption case filed nearly 17 years ago by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).

On Tuesday, Judge Mohammad Abdullah Al Mamun of Dhaka's Special Judge Court-5 delivered the verdict, citing a lack of evidence. The case, filed on January 7, 2008, during the caretaker government's tenure, accused Bulu, his wife Shamima Akter, and son Omar Sharif Md. Imran of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 48.96 crore. The ACC alleged that Bulu had concealed assets worth Tk 3.37 crore in his wealth statement.