Ex-minister Rafiqul freed on bail
Former Awami League (AL) state minister for power and energy Rafiqul Islam was released on bail yesterday.
He came out of the prison cell of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University after being detained for 16 months.
Deputy Inspector General of Prisons Maj Shamsul Haider Siddique told The Daily Star that the former state minister was freed around 2:30pm.
Sources said after his release Rafiqul went to Bangabandhu Memorial Museum in Dhanmondi to place a floral wreath before Bangabandhu's portrait.
Joint forces arrested Rafiqul on May 29 last year under the Emergency Power Rules, 2007.
On August 20, the High Court granted him bail in two corruption cases, including the Niko case in which AL President Sheikh Hasina is the prime accused.
Comments