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HC rejects ex-Tangail mayor Mukti’s bail plea in murder case
The High Court on Thursday rejected bail petition of former Tangail municipality mayor Sahidur Rahman Khan Mukti in a case filed over the murder of freedom fighter and Awami League leader Faruq Ahmed.
The HC bench of Justices Sahidul Karim and Fatema Najib passed the order during a hearing on a rule in this regard.
Deputy Attorney General Bashir Ahmed represented the state while advocate SM Shahzahan appeared for the accused during the hearing.
On February 10, Tangail Additional District Session Court-1 Jusdge Masud Parvez granted bail to Mukti in this case.
Later in February 28, when the same court scrapped his interim bail, Mukti moved High Court seeking bail.
On, April 27, the HC bench of Justice Sheikh Hasan Arif and KM Zahid Sarwar Kajol granted Mukti bail in the case.
On April 28, the Appellate Division stayed the bail granted by High Court upon a petition filed by the state side.
On January 18, 2013, Faruq Ahmed’s bullet-wounded body was recovered from near his house in Tangail.
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A murder case was filed against anonymous people at Tangail sadar police station following a complaint received from Faruq’s wife Nahar Ahmed.
In 2014, Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested Anisul Islam Raja and Mohammad Ali in connection with the murder. The two revealed the involvement of then parliament member of Tangail-3 constituency Amanur Rahman Khan Rana, his three brothers, then Tangail municipality mayor Sahidur Rahman Khan Mukti, Zahidur Rahman Khan Kakan, and then central committee Vice-President of Bangladesh Chhatra League Saniyat Khan Bappa.
In February, 2016, DB police submitted a charge sheet against 14 people including MP Amanur Rahman Khan and his three brothers.
In September 2016, Amanur Rahman surrendered and he was granted bail after three years of imprisonment.
On December 2, 2020, after remaining absconding for six years Sahidur Rahman Khan Mukti surrendered before court and sought bail which was rejected.
Their two other accused brothers in this case have remained absconding.
Why 2 NSU trustees should not be granted bail: HC
The High Court (HC) on Tuesday issued a rule seeking explanation as to why two trustee board members of North South University (NSU) should not be granted bail in a case over embezzling money in the name of buying land for the univeristy.
The bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Khizir Hayat issued the rule after turning down the bail pleas of two trustees-MA Kashem and Rehana Rahman.
Advocate Sayed Ahmed Raza and Advocate Shah Monjurul Hoque appeared for the bail petitioners.
Advocate Khurshid Alam Khan appeared for the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) while Deputy Attorney General AKM Amin Uddin Manik represented the state.
On 22 May, the HC ordered Shahbagh police to arrest four NSU trustees after rejecting their anticipatory bail pleas in the case.
The other accused trustees are- Benazir Ahmed and Muhammad Shahjahan.
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On May 5, the ACC sued the chairman of the board of trustees of North South University (NSU) Azim Uddin Ahmed and five others for embezzling Tk 303.82 crore in the name of buying land for the campus.
Another accused is- Managing director of Ashalaya Housing and Developers Limited Amin Mobammad Hilali.
ACC's Deputy Director Farid Ahmed Patwar filed the case.
According to the Private University Act, 2010, the Board of Trustees is the highest governing body of a private university like North South University. According to the Memorandum of Association and Articles (Rules and Regulations) of the University, the University is a charitable, welfare oriented, non-commercial and non-profit educational institution, said the case statement.
The case states that over 9088 decimal land was bought in the name of campus development of NSU with the consent of some members of the Board of Trustees bypassing the approval of the University Syndicate, University Grants Commission and the Ministry of Education.
They later withdrew cash from the buyer through cash checks in their own names and kept FDR in their own names.
They unjustly benefited themselves by committing illegal activities through misuse of power and embezzling university and government funds, according to the case.
In carrying out such illegal activities, they have committed a punishable offense by resorting to fraud and forgery and exchanging commissions.
Regent's Shahed gets bail in Tk2.75 crore embezzlement case
The High Court Thursday granted permanent bail to Regent Hospital Chair Mohammad Shahed in a corruption case filed on charge of nearly Tk2.75 crore embezzlement from Padma Bank (formerly Farmers Bank).
The bench of Justice SM Kuddus Zaman and Justice KM Zahid Sarwar Kazal gave the order.
Lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan represented the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) while lawyer Masudul Haque stood for Shahed.
In 2020, ACC Deputy Director Md Shahjahan Miraj filed a case against four people, including Shahed.
The ACC will appeal before the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court challenging the High Court order, Khurshid said.
Also, Shahed, who was arrested in several other criminal cases, cannot be released from jail, he added.
Also read: SC suspends bail order by HC to Regent’s Shahed in arms case
Youth gets bail after marrying victim in Ctg
An alleged rapist, who was in jail for raping a school girl, got interim bail on Sunday after he married the victim at the court premises in Chattogram.Chattogram District and Sessions Judge Aziz Ahmed Bhuiyan granted bail on the condition of marrying the victim, said District public prosecutor (PP) Sheikh Iftekhar Saimul ChowdhuryThe accused Md Sakib, 22, son of Syed Nuru of Akbarshah Ghona in Banshkhali upazila.The accused, Sakib, was arrested on April 13 in a case filed with Banshkhali police on charges of raping the girl on the pretext of marriage.
Read: CU student assault: Police seek 7-day remand for arresteesAccording to court sources, Shakib had a love affair with the victim. But the victim's family did not accept the affair and threatened him.On April 11, the victim was picked up by the accused and taken to an isolated place when she was returning home from school and raped.On April 13, the victim's mother filed a case at Banshkhali police station accusing Sakib and his parents.Later, the police arrested Shakib from Cox's Bazar's Chakaria and sent him to jail.
HC grants anticipatory bail to Square group MD Anjan in hoarding rice case
The High Court on Monday granted six-weeks anticipatory bail to Square Group Managing Director Anjan Chowdhury in a case filed over illegal stockpiling of rice.
HC bench of Justice Jahangir Hossain and Justice Shahed Nuruddin passed the order after he appealed for bail appearing before the court.
Senior advocate Shafik Ahmed and barrister Mahbub Shafique presented the petitioner's side while Deputy Attorney General Sarwar Hossain Bappi appeared for the state.
On June 1, administration seized 5,124 tonnes of atap rice from the warehouse of Square Food and Beverage in Dinajpur sadar upazila.
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As the mill had only approval of stocking 312 tonnes of rice, in-charge of the mill Zayed Hossain was shown arrested in a case filed during a mobile court conducted by Mortuza Al Moyeed, executive magistrate and Dinajpur sadar Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO).
Biplab Kumar Sinha, upazila food controller filed the case complaint against Anjan Chowdhury and Zayed Hassan in this regard.
The market price of the seized rice was around Tk 41 crore, which was too huge amount to be trialed by the mobile court so the complaint was handed over to kotwali police station for lodging as a regular case, said Mozaffar Hossain, Officer-in-Charge of Kotwali police station.
HC grants anticipatory bail to four pro-BNP lawyers
The High Court on Monday granted six weeks’ anticipatory bail to four pro-BNP lawyers in a case filed over attacking pro-Awami League lawyers and vandalising the nameplate of Supreme Court Bar Association Secretary Abdun Noor.
It also directed two other pro-BNP lawyers accused in the case to surrender before the court.
An HC bench comprising Justice Jahangir Hossain and Justice SM Mozibur Rahman passed the order taking the plea of the accused.
Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Forum Supreme Court unit general secretary and BNP’s national executive committee member Gazi Md Kamrul Islam Sajal, Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Forum Supreme Court unit assistant general secretary Rasel Ahmed, Supreme Court Bar Association executive member Kamrul Islam and Supreme Court Bar Association information and research affairs secretary Sagor Hossain were the ones granted anticipatory bail.
On the other hand, lawyers Abdul Kaiyum and Nure Alam Siddique have been ordered to surrender.
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Khandaker Mahbub Hossain, AJ Mohammad Ali, Joynul Abedin, Mahbub Uddin Khokon, and Ruhul Kuddus Kajol stood for the accused while Deputy Attorney General Md Sarwar Hossain Bappy represented the state.
According to the case statement, pro-BNP and pro-Awami League lawyers locked in a clash over the post of secretary of the Supreme Court Bar Association on May 18.
The following day, Rabiul Hasan, an administrative officer of the SCBA, filed a case with Shahbagh police station, mentioning six names.
Order cancelling Samrat's bail upheld by Appellate Division
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday upheld the High Court order that cancelled the bail granted to the expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat in a graft case.
Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division Justice M Enayetur Rahim passed the order after hearing a petition filed by Samrat seeking a
3stay on the High Court order.
The petition will likely be heard on the regular bench of the Appellate Division on May 30.
Senior Advocate Rokonuddin Mahmud stood for the petitioner while Khurshid Alam Khan, a counsel of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) represented the state.
On May 18, the High Court cancelled the bail granted to Samrat in the graft case.
A two-judge bench of justices Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Kazi Md Ejarul Haque Akondo passed the order in the wake of a petition by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) challenging the bail order of a lower court on May 11.
The court also asked Samrat to surrender before a lower court within seven days, said deputy attorney general AGM Amin Uddin.
Earlier, on May 16, the ACC filed a petition before the High Court seeking cancellation of the bail of Samrat in the graft case.
READ: HC cancels bail of expelled JL leader Samrat
On May 11, the Dhaka court granted bail to Samrat in the graft case, paving the way for his release from judicial custody.
Judge Al Asad Md Asifuzzaman of Dhaka Special Judge Court-6 passed the order but with riders — Samrat can't leave the country without the permission of the court, has to submit his passport and also his health reports on the designated date.
Earlier, the same court turned down his bail plea in the corruption case filed by the ACC twice -- on April 28 and April 13.
Samrat secured bail in a drugs case on April 11 and in an Arms Act case and a money laundering case on April 10.
The expelled Jubo League leader has been undergoing treatment at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) Hospital since November 24 last year.
On October 6, 2019, Rab detained Samrat and his associate Enamul Haque Arman from Chauddagram in Cumilla.
Rab raided his Kakrail office later that day. Huge quantities of foreign liquor, pistols, and two hides of kangaroo were seized from his office.
He was later sentenced by a mobile court to six months in prison under the Wildlife Conservation Act.
On October 7, Abdul Khaleque, deputy assistant director of Rab-1 lodged two complaints against Samrat at Ramna police station under the Arms and the Narcotics Act. Arman was also made an accused in the narcotics case.
On November 4, Shekhar Chandra Mallik, a sub-inspector, submitted a chargesheet against Samrat in the Arms Act case.
On November 12, the ACC lodged a complaint against him for acquiring assets worth Tk 2.94 crore beyond his known sources of income.
On September 12, 2020, Rashedur Rahman, sub-inspector of CID, registered a case against him at the Ramna police station for laundering Tk 195 crore to Malaysia and Singapore.
Lastly, on November 26 last year, the investigating officer in the case, Jahangir Alam, submitted a chargesheet in the court.
ACC files petition seeking cancellation of Samrat’s bail
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Monday filed a petition before the High Court seeking cancellation of the bail of expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat in a graft case, granted by the lower court.
The ACC submitted their plea to the HC bench concerned, said ACC counsel Khurshid Alam Khan.
The petition will likely be heard by the bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Kazi Md Ejarul Haque Akondo on Tuesday.
On May 11, a Dhaka court granted bail to Samrat in the graft case, paving the way for his release from judicial custody.
Judge Al Asad Md Asifuzzaman of Dhaka Special Judge Court-6 passed the order on three conditions.
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The conditions include—Samrat will not be allowed to leave the country without permission of the court, to submit his passports and to submit his healthth reports on the designated date.
Earlier, the same court turned down his bail plea in the corruption case, filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), twice -- on April 28 and April 13.
Samrat secured bail in a drugs case on April 11 and in an Arms Act case and a money laundering case on April 10.
The expelled Jubo League leader has been undergoing treatment at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) Hospital since November 24 last year.
On October 6 in 2019, Rab detained Samrat and his associate Enamul Haque Arman from Chauddagram in Cumilla.
Rab raided his Kakrail office later that day. Huge quantities of foreign liquor, pistols, and two hides of kangaroo were seized from his office.
Also read: Samrat denied bail in graft case again
He was later sentenced by a mobile court to six months in prison under the Wildlife Conservation Act.
On October 7, Abdul Khaleque, deputy assistant director of Rab-1 lodged two complaints against Samrat at Ramna police station under the Arms and the Narcotics Act. Arman was also made an accused in the narcotics case.
On November 4, Shekhar Chandra Mallik, a sub-inspector, submitted a chargesheet against Samrat in the Arms Act case.
On November 12, ACC lodged a complaint against him for acquiring assets worth Tk 2.94 crore beyond his known sources of income.
On September 12, 2020, Rashedur Rahman, sub-inspector of CID, registered a case against him at the Ramna police station for laundering Tk 195 crore to Malaysia and Singapore.
Lastly, on November 26 last year, the investigating officer in the case, Jahangir Alam, submitted a chargesheet in the court.
LDP Secretary General Redwan denied bail
A court here on Tuesday turned down the bail petition of Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Secretary General Redwan Ahmed and three others in a case filed for opening fire during rallies of Chhatra League and LDP in Cumilla's Chandina on Monday.
Cumilla Judicial Magistrate Court-7 Judge Abu Bakar Siddique rejected the bail after hearing.
Earlier on Monday, Dr Redwan Ahmed, LDP Secretary General and former Parliament member of Cumilla-7 constituency, was held as he was accused of firing his gun.
Also read: 2 shot in clash between BCL, LDP in Cumilla; LDP Secretary General held
According to police, LDP activists arrived at Redwan Ahmed College premises on Monday noon for a pre scheduled Eid get together but BCL activists also were present there for a meeting.
Amid the tension, some BCL activists allegedly chased the personal vehicle of Dr Redwan Ahmed when he reached the spot. In reaction to this, he fired two bullets from his pistols, injuring two BCL activists-Mahmudul Hasan Jony and Najmul Hasan.
Immediately after the incident, Dr. Redwan was taken under custody with his gun.
Evaly CEO Rassel gets bail in 9 cheque fraud cases, cannot walk out of jail
CEO of controversial e-commerce platform Evaly Md Rassel was granted bail by a Dhaka court on Thursday in nine cases of cheque fraud.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Court judges passed the orders during a hearing on the bail petitions submitted by Rassel’s lawyer advocate Ahsan Habib.
However, he will not be able to walk out of jail now as he did not secure bail in other cases.
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On April 6, Rassel’s wife Shamima Nasrin, Chairperson of Evaly, walked out of Kashimpur Women's Central Jail after the court granted them both bail in another six cases on condition of settling the case with the plaintiffs in different times.
On September 16, last year, Evaly CEO Mohammad Rassel and his wife Shamima were arrested during a raid on their house in capital’s Mohammadpur area.
The owners of Evaly were allegedly involved in embezzlement of several hundred crores of taka. They were arrested after a victim filed a case against them.
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Arif Baker lodged a case with Gulshan police station accusing the couple of stealing customers' money and fraudulence.
The couple was later sent to jail .