An Indian court on Tuesday acquitted BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed in a case filed against him over trespassing into India.
“A Shillong magistrate court earlier acquitted me. Later, the Indian government appealed against the verdict. The court acquitted me, disposing of the appeal on Tuesday,” Salahuddin told the media.
“I have been awarded justice. Now I want to return to Bangladesh as soon as possible,” he added.
On October 26, 2018, the court of the first-class Judicial Magistrate, DG Kharshiing, acquitted Salahuddin Ahmed in the case and asked the state government to take the necessary steps for his immediate repatriation.
After remaining missing for around two months, Salahuddin, a former state minister, was found in Shillong, the capital of the northeastern Indian state of Meghalaya, on May 11, 2015.
He was arrested for entering India without any valid documents. A case was filed against him under the Foreigners Act.
Later, Shillong police pressed charges against him in the case.
However, BNP claimed that Salahuddin was picked up from a house in the city's Uttara area on March 10, 2015, allegedly by unidentified men who introduced themselves as detectives.
