BDnews24 editor-in-chief Khalidi gets anticipatory bail

The High Court yesterday granted anticipatory bail to Toufique Imrose Khalidi, editor-in-chief of online news portal bdnews24.com, for eight weeks in a corruption case.

The bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman passed the order after hearing a bail petition. He appeared before the HC bench during the hearing

Mahbub Shafique, a lawyer for Khalidi, told The Daily Star that the HC granted bail to his client considering the argument that his client has not committed any corruption.

Anti-Corruption Commission's lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan said ACC will move an appeal with the Supreme Court challenging the HC order.

ACC on July 30 filed the case against Khalidi, for allegedly depositing Tk 42 crore which have no "legal source" in different banks.

Gulshan Anwar Pradhan, deputy director of the anti-graft watchdog, filed the case with ACC's integrated district office Dhaka-1, saying that Khalidi earned the money through illegal means by creating "fake documents".

Khalidi, however, has denied the allegations of corruption against him.