Toufique Khalidi’s bail hearing on Sept 21
The Supreme Court yesterday fixed September 21 for hearing a petition filed challenging a High Court order that granted anticipatory bail to Toufique Imrose Khalidi, editor-in-chief of bdnews24.com, in a corruption case.
Yesterday, Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division Justice Md Nuruzzaman sent the petition filed by Anti-Corruption Commission to its full bench for holding the hearing.
Lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan appeared for the ACC while lawyers Abdul Matin Khasru and AM Amin Uddin represented Khalidi during yesterday's hearing.
The ACC has filed the petition with the Appellate Division on August 27 challenging the HC order that granted anticipatory bail to Khalidi in the corruption case.
In the petition, the ACC prayed to the apex court to stay the HC order of bail, saying that there are specific allegations against Khalidi of committing corruption, ACC's lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan told The Daily Star.
On August 26, the HC granted anticipatory bail to Toufique Imrose Khalidi for eight weeks in the corruption case.
The bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman passed the order after hearing a bail petition filed by Khalidi.
Mahbub Shafique, a lawyer for Khalidi, told The Daily Star that the HC granted bail to his client considering the argument that his client has not committed any corruption.
ACC on July 30 filed the case against Khalidi, for allegedly depositing Tk 42 crore which have no "legal source" in different banks.
Gulshan Anwar Pradhan, deputy director of the anti-graft watchdog, filed the case with ACC's integrated district office Dhaka-1, saying that Khalidi earned the money through illegal means by creating "fake documents".
Khalidi, however, has denied the allegations.
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