Pori Moni walks out of jail
A day after bail, Pori Moni walks out of jail
Film actress Pori Moni was released from jail on Wednesday, 27 days after her arrest in a drugs case.
Wearing a white dress and a white scarf, Pori Moni walked out of Kashimpur Central Jail around 9.30 am, prison sources said.
She was received by her legal counsel Nilanjana Rifat and relative Jashim Uddin at the jail gate, who had been waiting for her since morning.
Immediately after stepping out of the jail, the 29-year-old Dhallywood actor took a selfie apparently to express her joy at being freed.
Hundreds of people had gathered outside the jail gate to have a glimpse of the popular actress.
Advocate Nilanjana said, “The bail order reached the jail last night, and that’s why she was freed in the morning."
A Dhaka court on Tuesday granted bail to Pori Moni in the drugs case filed under the Narcotics Control Act.
Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge KM Emrul Kayesh had granted the relief to the actress on a bail bond of Tk 20,000.
Read: Court brings forward Pori Moni’s bail hearing to August 31
On August 22, Pori Moni was sent to jail after inspector of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Kazi Golam Mostafa produced her in a court on the completion of a one-day remand.
And on that day only, judge Emrul Kayesh set September 13 for hearing her bail petition in the case. However, the actress subsequently moved the High Court, challenging the validity of the lower court's decision.
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