Ex-BRUR VC denied bail

Prof Nazmul Ahsan Kalimullah, former vice-chancellor of Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur, was denied bail and sent to jail yesterday after completing a five-day remand in a case accusing him of embezzling Tk 4 crore from a university development project.

The Metropolitan Senior Special Judge's Court of Dhaka rejected his bail petition.

Judge Md Sabbir Faiz passed the order after Anti-Corruption Commission Assistant Director Minhaj Bin Islam, the investigation officer, requested his confinement until the probe is completed.

The ACC filed the case on June 18 against five people, including Kalimullah.