Money Laundering: Suspended jailer Rana denied bail

The High Court yesterday rejected a bail petition of suspended jailer of Chattogram Central Jail Sohel Rana Biswas in a money laundering case.

The bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder passed the rejection order considering that the bail petition of Sohel Rana Biswas was not moved properly.

Earlier in the day, Sohel Rana's lawyers Nahid Sultana Juthi and Shakila Rawshan told the HC that their client will not proceed with the bail petition as the Anti-Corruption Commission has already submitted charge sheet of the case to the trial court.

On June 16, same HC bench granted bail to Sohel until the ACC submits charge sheet to the trial court concerned, on a condition that he must surrender his passport to the lower court.

Later on, the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court stayed the HC order of bail and asked the ACC to inform this court in a week whether the charge sheet of the case has been submitted.

ACC lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan recently informed the apex court that the commission has submitted the charge sheet to the trial court concerned.

Law enforcers arrested Sohel on October 27, 2018 with over Tk 44 lakh, fixed deposit receipts worth Tk 2.5 crore and Phensedyl from Kishoreganj.

Later on, police filed two separate cases with Bhairab Railway Police Station against him on charges of money laundering and possessing drugs under the Narcotics Control Act.

The ACC conducted investigation into the money laundering case.

Attorney General Mahbubey Alam and Deputy Attorney General AKM Amin Uddin Manik represented the state during the virtual hearing on the bail petition.