A court has acquitted Tarique Rahman, Lutfozzaman Babar, and six others in a bribery case involving a 2.1 billion BDT transaction. The case alleged that the bribe was paid to secure legal immunity for Safiat Sobhan Sanvir, an accused in a murder case. The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) had filed the case during the military-backed caretaker government era. Following the verdict, Tarique Rahman’s lawyers stated that he now faces no legal obstacles to returning to Bangladesh and resuming political activities.