Gayeswar gets ad-interim bail
The High Court (HC) yesterday granted ad-interim bail to BNP Joint Secretary General Gayeswar Chandra Roy in a corruption case filed by the Anti-corruption Commission (ACC).
The HC bench of Justice MA Wahhab Miah and Justice Md Abdur Razzaque also issued a rule upon the government and the ACC to explain why he should not be grated regular bail in the case.
The HC came up with the order upon a bail petition filed by the BNP leader.
His lawyer Nitai Roy Chowdhury told reporters that there is no bar to his client's release from jail following the HC order.
The bail order will continue until disposal of the rule, he said.
Earlier on January 5, the ACC filed the case against him on charges of extorting Tk 2.61 crore and concealing information of his wealth worth Tk 25.95 lakh in his wealth statement submitted to the commission on August 20 last year.
The trial court in Dhaka sent him to jail on October 12 after he surrendered before it in connection with the case.
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