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Tofail released

Three days over, HC order to free Saleem yet to reach jail

STAFF CORRESPONDENT
Awami League Presidium Member and former industries minister Tofail Ahmed was released from jail yesterday after more than one month's detention.
He was freed three days after the High Court declared his detention illegal.
Released from Kushtia Central Jail, Tofail reached the capital last night and placed wreath at the portrait of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi.
He also met Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina at her residence at Dhanmondi.
The High Court, on January 14, declared illegal the detention of Tofail Ahmed and journalist Saleem Samad.
Tofail was released after the court order reached the jail authorities yesterday.
Defying a court order not to arrest Tofail without any specific charge, police arrested him on
Tofail Ahmed
December 8 at Zia International Airport when he returned home from Singapore.
After his arrest under Section 54 of the CrPC, a court gave him one month's detention and sent him to Dhaka Central Jail. He was later taken to Kasimpur jail and then to Kushtia jail.
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He was later shown arrested in a murder case.
"The government arrested me to harass me without any charge," Tofail told newsmen after his release.
Thousands of people are passing days in imprisonment without justice, he said. "The government is trying to destroy those families."
Meanwhile, the court order to release Saleem Samad did not reach Gazipur Jail till yesterday.
Saleem Samad's brother Shamim Samad told The Daily Star that the copy of High Court order was sent to Gazipur through Express Mail Service (EMS) from GPO, Dhaka, on January 15.
The post master of Gazipur Post Office told Shamim Samad yesterday that the copy of the order might reach the post office today and it would be sent to Gazipur jail authorities immediately via the District Judge's office.
Saleem Samad was arrested on November 29 last year in connection with a sedation case. He was put under detention on December 24.