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Barapukuria Case

Saifur, Mojahid asked to appear in trial court

Mirza Abbas gets bail

Staff Correspondent
The High Court (HC) yesterday directed former BNP minister M Saifur Rahman and Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojahid to surrender before trial court by November 10 in Barapukuria coal mine case filed by the Anti-Co rruption Commission (ACC).
After hearing two separate bail petitions filed by Saifur and Mojahid, also a former minister, an HC bench comprising Justice Md
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Muzammel Hossain and Justice Afzal Hossain Ahmed also asked the government not to arrest or harass them during tltis period.
The court fixed November 11 for hearing their petitions for quashing the proceedings against them in this case.
Meanwhile, another HC bench granted ad-interim bail for three months to former BNP minister Mirza Abbas and former mayor of Barisal City Corporation (BCC) Mojibur Rahman Sarwar in separate criminal cases.
lite bench comprising Justice Syed AB Maltmudul Huq and Justice Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury gave die bail order.
BARAPUKURIACASE
Earlier, upon separate bail petitions, the HC had directed Jamaat Ameer and former minister Motiur Rahman Nizami, and former BNP state minister AKM Mosharraf Hossain to appear before trial court.
Tlie I IC also granted ad-interim bail to former BNP ministers Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain and Altaf Hossain Chowdhury in the same case.
As per tlie HC directives, AKM Mosharraf is due to surrender before the Special Court-2 on die Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban premises today, and Motiuur Rahman Nizami is due to appear before this court on November 10.
Barrister Abdur Razzaq, counsel for Nizami and Mojahid, told newsmen that his clients would appear before the trial court since they are respectful to law.
Mojahid was present in the court yesterday.
On October 6, Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Azizul Haque issued arrest warrants against nine accused including Saifur, AKM Mosharraf and Mojahid in Barapukuria coal mine graft case.
The HC on August 28 granted BNP Chairperson and former prime minister Khaleda Zia four months' bail in this case.
Earlier, Nizami got HC bail till October 5, and former BNP ministers Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan, M Shamsul Islam and MK Anwar got bail from the same court till the framing of charges against them in this case.
Following a petition filed by Mojahid, an HC bench on October 19 ordered him to surrender within two weeks before the trial court that had issued an arrest warrant against him in this case. The HC had also directed the government not to harass or arrest Mojahid during the period.
On October 7, another F1C bench asked Saifur to appear before the trial court within four weeks. The court also directed the government not to harass or arrest him during this I
period.
CASES AGAINST MIRZA ABBAS
AND MOJIBUR
In response to two separate bail petitions filed by Mirza Abbas and Mojibur Rahman, the HC bench also issued separate rules upon the government to explain within four weeks why dip petitioners should not be granted regular bail in the cases against them.
Barrister Mahbubuddin Khokon yesterday told newsmen that Miza Abbas was granted bail in a murder case and Mojibur Rahman got bail in an extortion case.