The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today granted bail to Awami League lawmaker Haji Mohammad Salim in a corruption case. A five-member bench of the apex court, headed by Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique, granted bail to Salim after hearing a leave-to-appeal petition filed by him. Senior lawyer Syed Ahmed Raza appeared for the petitioner in court while Advocate M Khurshid Alam Khan appeared for ACC. Read: HC asks ACC to let it know progress of probe against Wasa MD In 2007, ACC filed the case against Salim. On April 27, 2008, a Dhaka court jailed him for 13 years and fined him Tk 20 lakh. Salim moved the High Court against the verdict. In 2011, the court overturned his sentence but ACC later appealed against the lower court verdict. Later, the Appellate Division asked the High Court to re-hear the petition. On March 9 last year, the HC bench of Justice Md Moinul Islam Chowdhury and Justice AKM Zahirul Huq upheld the lower court order, sentencing Salim to 10 years in jail after hearing a petition filed by ACC. Read: Haji Salim: From jail to hospital On February 10 this year, the HC released the full text of the verdict, asking Salim to surrender to a trial court concerned in 30 days. Salim surrendered before a Dhaka court on May 22. Later that day, a Dhaka court sent him to jail rejecting his bail petition. With this bail order, there is no bar for Haji Salim to walk out of jail, said his lawyer Ahmed Raza.

The former Civil Surgeon of Chattogram on Sunday was sent to jail by a court in a case filed by Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on account of swindling money Tk 9.15 crore. The former civil surgeon and also caretaker of Chattogram General Hospital is Dr Sarfaraz Khan Chowdhury. The court of Chattogram Metropolitan Session Judge and Special Judge Dr Begum Jebunnesa passed the order after rejecting a bail petition placed by the accused in person before the court, said Md Fakhruddin Chowdhury, public prosecutor of the court. Referring to the case statement, PP Fakhruddin said the accused in the case bought an MRI machine for the General Hospital for over Tk 6.15 crore, though its market price was only Tk 2 crore. Similarly, they also purchased four other colour Doppler machines for Tk 2.6 crore against a market price of only Tk 98 lakh. Read: GK Shamim: Court sets Sept 25 for verdict in arms case The accused is suspected of pocketing the difference in both cases. Mentionable, Mohammad Sirajul Haque, assistant director of the ACC in Chattogram integrated office -1 filed the case against seven people including the former civil surgeon on charge of embezzling Tk 9.15 crore in the name of purchasing medical accessories on November 25, 2019. The others accused in the case are the general hospital’s physicians Dr Md Abdur Rob, Dr Md Moinuddin Majumdar, Dr Bijon Kumar Nath, accessories supply organization’s owner Md Jaher Uddin Sarkar, M/S Ahmad Enterprise’s ower Munsi Faruk Ahmed and ASL Managing Director and CEO Aftab Ahmed.  

The High Court (HC) has deferred till June 5 the hearing on a rule issued against the proceedings of a corruption case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) during 1/11 against BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman and his wife Zubaida Rahman. The court also delivers its opinion on whether Tarique  and Zubaida can recruit a lawyer in the case as they are fugitives. Also read:HC directs ACC to identify those involved in money laundering through e-commerce A HC bench comprising Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Kazi Md Ejarul Haque Akand passed the deferment order on Sunday.   Lawyer AJ Mohammad Ali and Kaiser Kamal stood for Tarique and Zubaida. On the other hand, an Appellate Division bench led by Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique deferred the hearing of Shamim Iskander, the younger brother of BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia till June 5 in a case filed by the ACC for acquiring illegal wealth. Lawyer Mahbub Uddin Khokon stood for Shamim Iskander while Md Khurshid Alam Khan represented the anti-graft body.   ACC filed the case against Tarique, his wife Zubaida and her mother Syeda Iqbal Mand Banu of amassing illegal wealth and concealing information in wealth statements, with Kafrul police station on September 26, 2007. The accused later filed a petition challenging the legality of the case proceedings. Also read: HC orders disposal of ex-MP Bodi’s graft case in 1 yr In 2007,  the ACC issued a notice seeking information on the assets of Shamim. In 2008, the ACC filed a case under the Anti-Corruption Commission Act with the Ramna police station in the capital alleging concealing assets against Iskander and his wife. In 2016, the High Court rejected Shamim's application for seeking dismissal of the case, and they then appealed to the Appellate Division.

A Dhaka court on Tuesday sentenced former state minister for home Lutfozzaman Babar to eight years in jail in a corruption case. Judge Mohammad Shahidul Islam of Dhaka Special Judge Court-7 handed down the punishment to Babar after holding him guilty of amassing ill-gotten wealth worth Tk 7.5 crore and hiding the information. Read:Judgment in Babar’s graft case on Oct 12 The court also imposed a fine of Tk 10,000 on Babar and ordered the forfeiture of over Tk 6.26 crore in his bank account. Babar will have to undergo an additional three months' imprisonment if he fails to pay the fine. As the convict has been behind the bars in this case since July 26, 2007, the court said that his sentence would be deducted from the period already served as an undertrial. However, Babar’s counsel has appealed to the court against the judgment. On January 13, 2008, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed the corruption case against Babar at the Ramna Model Police Station. On July 16, 2008, deputy assistant secretary of ACC, Rupok Kumar Saha, submitted a chargesheet against him. Read: Babar, 18 others to die; Tarique among 19 get life term Babar was arrested from his Gulshan residence on May 28, 2007. He was sentenced to 17 years’ imprisonment in an arms case on October 30, 2007. He was also sentenced to death in the 10-truck arms haul and August 21 grenade attack cases. In 2018, a fast-track tribunal sentenced 19 people, including Babar, to death in the case filed over the August 21 grenade attack on an Awami League rally in the capital in 2004.

The High Court delivered a judgment stating that the government cannot withdraw or recommend withdrawal of any corruption case moved by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).

The High Court on Wednesday sought the documents of a corruption case where Awami League lawmaker Haji Mohammad Selim was handed 13 years' imprisonment.

Former Barishal City Corporation mayor Ahsan Habib Kamal was sentenced to seven years in prison along with four others, in a graft case, for embezzling Tk27 lakh.

Six cases have been filed against  a former union parishad chairman of Sadar upazila for embezzling money in the name of providing gas connections to customers.