Moudud gets ad-interim bail
The High Court (HC) yesterday granted ad-interim bail for three months to former BNP minister Moudud Ahmed in an FDR embezzlement case filed by the government.
Meanwhile, another HC bench of Justice Muzammel Hossain and Justice Afzal Hossain Ahmed upon two separate petitions stayed for four weeks the proceedings against Awami League Joint Secretary Obaidul Kader in two bribery cases.
In response to a writ petition filed by Moudud, an HC bench comprising Justice Tariq ul Hakim and Justice Farah Mahbub stayed the proceedings of the case for three months and issued a rule upon the government to explain within four weeks why the inclusion of the case under the Emergency Powers Rules (EPR) should not be declared illegal.
Counsel for Moudud, Barrister Ahsanul Karim said his client would not get released as he was arrested in another case.
He said the police filed the FDR embezzlement case against Moudud with Motijheel Police Station on October 27.
He said Moudud filed the writ petition with the HC challenging the legality of bringing the case under the EPR.
Advocate Motahar Hossain Saju, lawyer for Obaidul Kader, said the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) had filed the bribery cases with Paltan Police Station on September 30 last year.
The ACC accused Obaidul Kader of taking Tk 47 lakh and Tk 57 lakh in bribe from contractors at different times for clearing their due bills and awarding more development works under the National Sports Council by abusing power, he added.
He said his client was earlier granted bail by the HC in the cases.
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