Dhaka, April 5 -- Former Shariatpur-1 MP and Awami League organising secretary BM Mozammel Haque has been acquitted in a case over extorting Tk 2.5 million after the plaintiff withdrew the complaint.

Dhaka Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Mahmuda Akhter made the decision on Sunday.

However, Mozammel will not be released from jail as there are other cases against him, according to his lawyer Md Liton Mia.

The case went to trial on Apr 1 after the indictment. However, that day, the plaintiff in the case, businessman Khalilur Rahman, said in court that he had no objection to Mozammel's acquittal. The court then set Apr 5 for its verdict.

Accordingly, the accused was produced in court on Sunday. The court pronounced the verdict in h...