Indictment hearing in graft case against Samrat June 1

Court Correspondent :
A Dhaka court yesterday exempted expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat from personal appearance in a case filed about laundering Tk 195 crore to Malaysia and Singapore.

Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Muhammad Asaduzzaman of Dhaka passed the order on Monday after his lawyer Ehsanul Haque Shomaji submitted an application for exempting Samrat from appearing in the court personally.

On September 13 of 2020, Criminal Investigation Department (CID) filed the case with Ramna Model Police Station on charges of laundering Tk 195 crore to Malaysia and Singapore.

Earlier on April 10 last year, another Dhaka court granted him bail in the case considering his health condition.

Samrat was also granted bail in three other cases filed with Ramna Police Station in connection with possessing narcotics and arms.