Ex-Speaker Jamiruddin Sircar acquitted in 5 corruption cases

Former Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Barrister Jamiruddin Sircar has been acquitted in five cases filed for embezzling money in the name of treatment cost by misusing his power.

Judge Prodip Kumar Roy of Dhaka Special Judge Court-7 passed the order on Sunday.

Earlier on March 14, Barrister Jamiruddin Sircar deposited Taka 27.86 lakh to the state exchequer following a court judgment in a graft case.

Judge Prodip Kumar Roy on March 6 pronounced the judgment, fining the former speaker Taka 27.86 lakh in the case.

The court in its order against Sircar, said the convict would be exempted from the other four cases when he would deposit the money fined in this case.

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on December 28, 2010, filed five separate cases against Sircar, former BNP secretary general Khandker Delwar Hossain, former deputy speaker Akhter Hamid Siddiqui and national parliament official Ashraful Islam.