2 officials get bail

A Dhaka court yesterday granted bail to former secretary of Bridges Division Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan and Superintendent Engineer of Bangladesh Bridge Authority Kazi Mohammad Ferdous in the Padma bridge graft case.
Judge Md Zohurul Haque of Senior Special Judge's Court passed the order after the duo's lawyer submitted a petition seeking bail against the rejection order of a lower court.
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court of Dhaka on January 15 had rejected their bail petition.
In the order, the judge said Mosharraf is an ex-secretary while Ferdous is a superintendent engineer and they have high social status. They will not flee if granted bail in the case. Therefore, the two arrestees are granted bail on a bond of Tk 10,000 with two guarantors.
On December 17 last year, the Anti-Corruption Commission filed the case with Banani Police Station against seven people, including the two, for conspiring to commit bribery in the Padma bridge project.
An ACC team led by its Director Mohammad Tahidul Islam arrested the duo in front of the National Museum at Shahbagh on December 26.
The two were placed on seven days' remand the following day.