Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Standing Committee Member Mirza Abbas has been acquitted of corruption charges related to the acquisition of unaccounted assets and concealment of asset information.

Judge Md Masud Parvez of Dhaka's Special Judge Court-6 delivered the verdict on Thursday, saying that the charges against Mirza Abbas were not proven.

Mirza Abbas was present in court at the time of the verdict, accompanied by his wife, Afroza Abbas.

The court had set the date for the verdict after hearing arguments from both the prosecution and defense on August 22.

The case involved allegations that Mirza Abbas acquired assets worth around Tk7.5 crore, which were not in line with his known sources of income, and concealed information about assets worth Tk5,726,571.

The case was filed by Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Deputy Director Md Shafiul Alam with the Ramna police station on August 16, 2007.

On May 24, 2008, ACC Deputy Director Md Khairul Huda submitted the charge sheet, which accused him of acquiring assets worth Tk4.2 crore and concealing information about property worth Tk22 lakh.

The trial began on June 16, 2008, with the court framing charges, and 24 witnesses provided testimony during the proceedings.