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Staff reporter : Former state minister for home affairs Lutfozzaman Babar has been released from Keraniganj Central Jail on Thursday.
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He walked out of the prison around 1:48PM, senior Jail Superintendent Suraiya Akter said that he walked out of the prison around 1:48PM.
Since morning, BNP leaders, activists, and people from his native Netrakona area started gathering in front of the jail centering Babar's release.
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Babar's wife Tahmina Zaman said "After 17 long years, justice has been established through the court's verdict."
On Tuesday, Babar was acquitted of life imprisonment in separate cases related to the 10 truck arms smuggling in Chittagong. Through this verdict, Babar was cleared from all charges.
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On December 18, last year, the High Court acquitted 6 death-row convicts including Lutfozzaman Babar in a case filed under the Special Powers Act.
Babar was arrested on May 28, 2007, and, alter, sentenced in various cases, including death sentences in two cases and life imprisonment in one.
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