Samrat gets bail in graft case

A Dhaka court on Monday granted bail to former Juba League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat in a graft case filed by Anti-Corruption Commission in 2019.

Judge Asad Md Asifuzzaman of Dhaka Special Judge Court-6 passed the order, removing all the legal bars for releasing Samrat from jail as he was already granted bail in three other cases filed against him.

The former president of Dhaka South city unit Jubo League was produced before the court from Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital.

After holding hearing on the plea for bail filed by the defence, the court allowed it on Taka 10,000 bond. The court also set September 19 for holding hearing on charge framing in the case.

The ACC on November 12, 2019, filed the case against Samrat for amassing illegal wealth of Tk 2.94 crore. The anti-graft body filed charge-sheet on November 26, 2020, and on March 22, 2022, the court took the charge-sheet into cognizance.