Mirza Abbas, wife get bail in graft case

The High Court (HC) granted on Monday an eight-week anticipatory bail to BNP leader Mirza Abbas and his wife Afroza Abbas in a corruption case, report agencies.

The couple has been accused of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 200 million.

They appeared before the bench of Justice Obaidul Hassan and Justice SM Kuddus Zaman in the morning and sought bail.

Advocate Zainul Abedin represented them in court.

Anti-Corruption Com-mission Assistant Director Mohammad Salauddin filed the case with Shahjahanpur thana against the BNP leader and his wife on January 07

this year.