Tk 148.41cr Laundering Case: HC questions bail of Papul’s wife, daughter

The High Court yesterday questioned a lower court order that granted bail to convicted lawmaker Mohammad Shahid Islam alias Kazi Papul's wife and daughter in a Tk 148.41 crore laundering case.

The HC issued a rule asking Papul's wife Selina Islam and daughter Wafa Islam and the state to explain in 10 days why the lower court order should not be scrapped.

The bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Mohi Uddin Shamim came up with the rule following a petition filed by Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).

ACC recently filed the petition with the HC saying that there are specific allegations against Selina and Wafa of illegally earning huge amount of money and laundering it.

Khurshid Alam Khan appeared for ACC while Deputy Attorney General AKM Amin Uddin represented the state.

A Dhaka court on December 27 last year granted bail to Selina, also a lawmaker, and Wafa in the case after they surrendered to it in line with a HC order.

ACC filed the case with its integrated Dhaka district office on November 11 last year against Papul, independent lawmaker from Laxmipur-2 constituency who is now detained in Kuwait, his wife, daughter and sister-in-law Jesmin Prodhan for laundering Tk 148.41 crore.

A Kuwaiti court has sentenced Papul to four years in jail in a bribery case. He is also accused in two other cases filed on charges of trafficking and money laundering.