The Supreme Court yesterday cancelled a High Court verdict that acquitted businessman Giasuddin Al Mamun on charges of acquiring wealth disproportionate to the known sources of income in 2012.
The four-member Appellate Division bench led by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha ordered fresh hearings after it resolved a leave-to-appeal plea filed by the Anti Corruption Commission.
In 2008, a Dhaka court ordered 10-year imprisonment and Tk10 lakh fine for Mamun, who is known to be a close friend and a business partner of senior BNP leader Tarique Rahman and is now serving a seven-year prison sentence after being convicted for money laundering.
During the military backed caretaker administration, the ACC sought wealth statements from 50 persons, including Mamun.
The ACC filed a case in May 2007 against the controversial businessman after he did not submit his statement.
The Special Judge’s Court also awarded three years’ imprisonment for his wife Shahina Yasmin in the case. Later they moved to the HC against the trial court verdict and in 2012 got acquittal from the charges.