A Dhaka on Wednesday set April 9 to indict expelled Juba League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat in a case over money laundering.
Dhaka Special Judge Court-6 Acting Judge Iqbal Hossain passed the order after hearing a petition in this regard, defence counsel Ahsanul Huq Samaji said.
He said his client appeared before the court with a time petition to frame charges in the case on Wednesday.
On the other hand, an appeal was also submitted for a permanent bail of Samrat, the lawyer said.
After the hearing from both sides, the court extended Samrat’s bail till April 9 after turning down the appeal of the permanent bail, he said.
On October 6, 2019, Rapid Action Battalion detained Samrat and his associate Enamul Haque Arman from Chauddagram in Cumilla.
RAB raided his Kakrail office the next 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.
The RAB-1 lodged two complaints against Samrat at Ramna police station under the Arms and the Narcotics Acts. Arman was also made an accused in the narcotics case.
A chargesheet was submitted against Samrat in the Arms Act case.
On April 10, 2022, a Dhaka court granted bail to Samrat in an arms case and a money laundering case and since then he has been out of the prison.