HC orders arrest of chairman on non-compliance

The High Court yesterday asked law enforcers to arrest Hall-Mark Group Chairman Jasmine Islam if she did not surrender before the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's (CMM) Court within two days in 11 corruption cases as per a lower court order.
The HC also directed the government not to let Jasmine leave the country.
On Sunday, Judge Mohammad Zahirul Haque of the Senior Special Judges' Court of Dhaka asked the Hall-Mark chairman to surrender before the CMM court in three days.
Jasmine has to surrender within two days as one of the three days has already passed, Deputy Attorney General Amit Talukder told The Daily Star yesterday.
The HC bench of Justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury Manik and Justice Mahmudul Hoque also summoned Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) public prosecutor Mosharraf Hossain Kazal to appear before it tomorrow for his explanation as to whether his office opposed the bail of Jasmine in the lower court.
Jasmine was granted bail on February 7 by the court of Judge Zahirul Haque on condition that she and her company would repay Tk 2,600 crore, which her company has swindled, to Sonali Bank. The court however cancelled Jasmine's bail in the 11 corruption cases filed by the ACC following an HC order on February 17.
Attorney General Mahbubey Alam represented the government and Rokanuddin Mahmud appeared for Jasmine Islam.