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Money-laundering Case

Bidisha denied bail again

Court Correspondent
A Dhaka court yesterday again rejected the ad-interim bail petition of former military ruler HM Ershad's estranged wife Bidisha in the money launderingcase.
The case, in which she was shown arrested, was filed on Thursday on charge of funnelling abroad local and foreign currencies worthfk21 crore.
Judge Mohammad Momin Ullah of the Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court passed the order following a criminal appeal filed by the defence lawyers against the rejection order oftheiowcrcoun. The court also fixed July 4 for next hearing on the issue with lower court documents.
Earlier on Saturday, the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's (CMM's) Court rejected Bidisha's bail petition.
Moving the bail petition yesterday, defence counsel Zahirul Islam told the judge's court that police seized some documents from Ershad's 'President Park' residence and filed the case against Bidisha. But why the case was filed against her, the lawyer asked.
Defence lawyers Kazi M Sajwar Hossain and Kamruzzaman Mahbub told the court that though their client was seriously ill, she was tortured during her remand.
They also submitted that Bidisha was not getting proper treatment at the prison cell of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital (BSMMUH). Earlier, She was granted ad-interim bail in three cases, filed by Ershad and police.
But police filed the money laundering case when Bidisha was about to be released from jail on Thursday.
The counsels for Bidisha also said the case was filed to harass her politically, and the government has done it for petty gains. Ershad too should be accused in the case as the date of occurrence was during their conjugal life. If the former president is made an accused, vital clues to what really happened will come out, they said.
Moreover, the legal provision under which the charge has been brought against allows bail, the lawyers argued.
Opposing the petition, Court Inspector Mokbul Hossain said the accused had funnelled the currencies illegally and the investigation into the case is at primary stage. A lower court on Thursday already fixed today for hearing on the issue of interrogation at the prison cell (of BSMMUH), he mentioned.
The Judge's court asked the lawyers whether they knew about the source of the money mentioned in the first information report (FIR). But they could not give a satisfactory reply.
Ershad filed the first case against Bidisha with Gulshan Police Station on June 4 for theft, rampage and making threats, the second case on June 5 with the First Class Magistrate's Court, Dhaka for cheating on him after marriage, and the third one with Mohammadpur Police Station on June 8 for passport forgery. She was granted bail in all three cases.
Then on June 16, Officer-in-Charge of Gulshan Police Station Kazi Nure Alam filed the money laundering case. He, also the investigation officer (IO) of the case, filed it under Section 13 of the Money Laundering Control Act 2002 following the approval of Bangladesh Bank on June 14.
Bidisha was arrested on June 4 and later taken on a three-day remand for interrogation in connection with the case filed by Ershad on a theft charge. But she was sent to the BSMMUH prison cell following an order of the High Court (HC). The HC passed the order on a writ petition filed challenging the legality of remand.