Barapukuria coal scam case: 22 accused, including 6 ex MDs, freed on bail

Twenty-two officials of Barapukuria Coal Mining Company Limited (BCMCL), including six former managing directors, were freed on bail from Dinajpur jail this morning.

They were released from Dinajpur District Jail around 8:45am, said Jailor Faridur Rahman Rubel.

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Yesterday, Special Judge Mahmudul Karim of the District and Sessions Judge's Court rejected bail applications of the 22 officials and sent them to jail in a case over the disappearance of 1.45 lakh tonnes of coal from the mine.

The court passed the order after the accused appeared before it seeking bail.

Later in the afternoon, defense lawyer Nurujjaman Jahani presented documents by the High Court division in front of the local court following which Judge Mahmudul Karim granted bail to the 22 accused.

The bail documents reached jail in the evening. As there is no protocol to release inmates in the evening, the release took place in the morning, the jailor added.