Saeed Eskander gets bail in graft case
A Dhaka court yesterday granted fresh bail to Major (Retd) Saeed Eskander, younger brother of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, in connection with a corruption case.
Judge AFM Aminul Islam of Special Judge Court-1 granted bail to Saeed Eskander after his lawyer Barrister Mahabub Uddin Khokon submitted a petition seeking bail in the case.
The court also adjourned till June 5 the hearing on charge framing following a time petition submitted by Khokon saying that he was not prepared to take part in the hearing.
Earlier on March 10, another court in Dhaka granted him bail in the case on his surrender to it. But the case was later shifted to the Special Judge Court-1 for its quick disposal.
On February 6, Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Deputy Director Benazir Ahmed, investigation officer of the case, submitted the charge sheet to the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court, naming 12 witnesses.
The ACC on April 28 last year filed the case with Ramna Police Station after finding dissimilarities between Eskander's wealth and his wealth statement.
According to the case, Eskandar in the wealth statement mentioned he had wealth worth Tk 99,10,266 whereas the ACC found it was worth Tk 5,71,87,074.
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