Hafiz Ibrahim, wife get bail

A Dhaka court yesterday granted bail to former BNP lawmaker Hafiz Ibrahim and his wife Mafruza Sultana in a money laundering case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
Judge Fozila Begum of the Special Judge Court-6 passed the order after they surrendered before it and sought bail in the case.
The court also fixed December 17 for hearing on charge framing against the accused.
On June 13 this year, Md Ibrahim, ACC assistant director, also the investigation officer of the case, submitted the charge sheet to the Metropolitan Magistrate's Court in Dhaka.
Earlier, on August 16 last year, the ACC filed the case against Hafiz, brother of controversial businessman Giasuddin Al Mamun, and his wife for laundering $1.75 lakh to Singapore.
According to FIR (First Information Report) of the case, the money was paid to their joint account at Standard Chartered Bank in Singapore to help Siemens Bangladesh Ltd win a deal of supplying core telecommunication equipments to Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Ltd (BTCL).