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Ex-whip Ashraf denied bail, sent to jail

Sigma Huda gran ted bail

Court Correspondent
Former BNP whip Ashraf Hossain was sent to jail after being produced in a court here yesterday in connection with a case filed under the Emergency Power Rules (EPR).
Meantime, defence lawyers of detained former flight engineer of Biman Bangladesh Airlines
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Shamim Iskander filed a criminal appeal for quashing his corruption case with the Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court against the rejection order of the lower court.
Besides, the Supreme Court (SC) yesterday granted two months' ad interim bail to Sigma Huda, wife of detained former communications minister Nazmul Huda, in connection with an extortion case.
CASE AGAINST ASHRAF Metropolitan Magistrate Faysal Atiq Bin Kader passed the order after Dhanmondi police produced Ashraf before the court yesterday afternoon with a forwarding report for sending him to jail
In the report, police stated that Ashraf was released on bail from Dhaka Central Jail on Monday and rearrested the same day as he was delivering provocative speech against the government in front of Eastern Plaza in the city's Dhanmondi area violating the provisions of the EPR.
So, he (Ashraf) should be confined in jail custody until the investigation of the matter completes, police said.
However, the defence sought Ashraf $ bail, saying that their client
was implicated in the case as part of a conspiracy to harass him.
After hearing both sides, the court rejected the bail petition and sent Ashraf to jail, asking the jail authorities to give him division in the jail as per provision of the jail code.
The High Court on July 31 granted interim bail for six months to Ashraf who was sent to jail after he surrendered before the court on November 22 last year.
The Anti - Corruption Commission (ACC) filed a case against him in connection with Gulistan-Jatrabari flyover scam. SHAMIM ISKANDER CASE The hearing on the appeal filed by Shamim Iskander for quashing the corruption case against him will be held in the Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court today.
The ACC filed the case with Ramna Police Station against Shamim and his wife Kaniz Fatema on May 5 this year on charges of concealing information about the wealth worth over Tk 20.47 lakh in their statement submitted to the commission.
Shamim, brother of detained BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, was arrested when he came out of Khaleda s Shahced Moinul Road
residence on July 18. His name was on the second list of 50 corruption suspects.
Shamim went into voluntary retirement at the fag end of the BNP-led alliance government.
SIGMA HUDA GRANTED BAIL
The Supreme Court (SC) yesterday granted two months' ad interim bail to Sigma Huda, wife of detained former communications minister Nazmul Huda, in connection with an extortion case.
Upon an appeal filed by Sigma, a five-member full bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice MM Ruhul Amin granted the bail on health grounds.
Antara Huda, daughter of Nazmul Huda, told newsmen that now there was no legal bar to getting her mother released from jail since she had already secured bails from different courts in other cases filed against her.
On June 18 this year, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed the case with Motijhecl Police Station against the Huda couple on charges of taking Tk 6 lakh in bribe from the owner of construction firm MarganetOneLtd.
In the case, the complainant stated that Nazmul Huda demanded (he bribe from the owner
of the firm in exchange for awarding him the work order for the maintenance of Jamuna Bridge.
To comply with Huda's demand, the owner of the firm deposited Tk 6 lakh to the account of the Weekly Khoborer Antorale at the Amin Court (Motijheel) branch of Agrani Bank in 20 cheques between September 30, 2004 and October 18, 2006, the case statement said.
Sigma, who used to run the weekly, drew the amount from the bank and the firm got the work order, the complainant said.
Sigma filed a bail petition with the High Court (HC) on July 16 which an HC bench rejected the same day saying the HC had no power to consider bail prayers in cases filed under Emergency Power Rules. She then filed an appeal with the SC against the HC order that rejected her bail prayer.
During the hearing of the appeal, the Appellate Division recently called for the medical reports of Sigma.
Examining the medical reports, the apex court granted her bail as she has been seriously ill.
Barrister Rafique-ul Huq appeared for Sigma while advocate Khan Saifur Rahman argued for the ACC.