Ex-state minister Mannan gets bail on surrender

A Dhaka court yesterday granted bail to former state minister for housing and public works Abdul Mannan Khan till October 13 after he had surrendered before it in a corruption case filed against him.

The court granted him bail, considering his illness, status as a former state minister and no scope for his leaving the country.

The Anti-Corruption Commission filed the case with Ramna Police Station on August 21 on charge of amassing illegal wealth and concealing information about it.

The case statement said Mannan concealed information of his property worth Tk 4.59 lakh and he could not produce documents in favour of his income of Tk 75 lakh.

According to his income tax returns and other related documents, he has movable properties worth Tk 96.89 lakh. But his wealth statement submitted to the ACC on March 9 stated that he owned movable properties worth Tk 92.30 lakh.

The same day, the ACC also filed two more cases with the same police station against Awami League lawmaker Abdur Rahman Bodi and former state minister for water resources Mahbubur Rahman for concealing wealth information and discrepancies in their wealth statements and income tax returns.