STAFF CORRESPONDENT

The High Court yesterday granted bail to senior journalist Anis Alamgir in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act.

The bench of Justice KM Zahid Sarwar and Justice Sheikh Abu Taher delivered the verdict after final hearing of a petition filed by Anis Alamgir seeking bail in the case.

However, Anis cannot get released from jail as he is still arrested in a corruption case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission, said his lawyer Md Aslam Miah.

He said Anis was picked up from a gym in Dhaka’s Dhanmondi and taken to the DB office on December 14 last year.

The following day, Arian Ahmed, a central organiser of the July Revolutionary Alliance, filed the case with Uttara West Police Station under the Anti-Terrorism Act.

Anis was accused of making provocative statements on Facebook and talk shows against Grameen Bank, established by Prof Muhammad Yunus, said lawyer Aslam Miah, adding that the allegation does not fall under the Anti-Terrorism Act, 2009.