Dhaka,   Wednesday 16 October 2024

Case against MGH Group MD Anis Ahmed withdrawn  

Staff Correspondent, Dhaka 

Published: 17:34, 15 October 2024

Update: 17:42, 15 October 2024

Case against MGH Group MD Anis Ahmed withdrawn  

The case filed against Anis Ahmed, Group Managing Director (MD) of MGH Group, has been withdrawn.

Judge Mohammad Ash-Shams Joglul Hossain of Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge's Court on Tuesday issued the order after the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) submitted an application seeking withdrawal of prosecution of the case under Section 494 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

The court also relieved Anis Ahmed from the charges of the case.

Earlier in the day, the anti-graft body approved the withdrawal of the prosecution in the case after scrutinizing an application submitted by the investigating officer and other case records.

On December 28 in 2022, the ACC filed the case against Anis with its district office in Dhaka-1 on charges of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 136 crore.

Earlier in February 2020, the ACC quizzed interrogated Anis Ahmed at the commission.

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