Court grants bail to Chandpur UP Chairman Selim

Court Correspondent :
The Metropolitan Senior Special Judge’s Court of Dhaka yesterday granted ad-interim bail to a Union Parishad Chairman of Chandpur Md Selim Khan in a case filed for illegally amassing wealth worth Tk 34.53 crore beyond his known sources of income.
Judge Md Asaduzzaman of the Court passed the order after Selim Khan’s counsel moved a petition, seeking his bail in the case.
In the order, the court said Selim Khan will have to submit his passport in the court while granting his bail. Moreover, his bail period will remain valid till submission of the probe report, the court added.
Earlier on October 12 last year, the same court sent him to the jail rejecting his bail petition in the case.
The High Court Division of the Supreme Court on September 14 last year granted four weeks’ anticipatory bail to Selim Khan in the graft case. He is also an expelled Awami League leader.
On September 18, the Anti-Corruption Com-mission (ACC) submitted a petition to the Appellate Division, seeking a stay on the High Court order of bail.
After the hearing, the Appellate Division on September 20 stayed the High Court order and ordered Selim Khan to surrender in the trial court by September 27 in the case.
The Anti-Corruption Commission on August 1 last year filed the case against Selim Khan on the charges of acquiring illegal wealth worth Tk 34.53 crore and concealing the information of wealth worth Tk 66.99 lakh.