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Dr Mosharraf’s bail stayed

UNB, Dhaka :
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday stayed the bail granted by the High Court to BNP leader Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain in a money laundering case.
The Appellate Division bench headed by Chief Justice Md Muzammel Hossain stayed the bail until September 2.
The High Court on July 9 granted permanent bail to detained BNP leader Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain in the case on three conditions.
On July 13, ACC lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan filed an appeal before the Appellate Division seeking to stay the HC bail order.
On February 6, ACC director Nasim Anwar filed the case against Dr Khandaker Mosharraf with
Ramna Police Station in the capital.
According to the first information report (FIR), Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain laundered nearly 8.04 lakh British pounds (equivalent to Tk 9.54 crore) to the United Kingdom when he was the Health and Family Welfare Minister during 2001-2006.
After examining the evidence and other documents, the ACC found a fixed term deposit of about 8.04 lakh British pound in a joint account (AC 108492) of Dr Khandaker Mosharraf and his wife, Bilkis Akter Hossain, at Lloyds TSB Offshore Private Banking, Guernsey.