HC issues rule over bail of two NSU trustees

The High Court on Tuesday issued a rule asking the bodies concerned to explain in two weeks as to why two members of North South University's (NSU) trustee board, MA Kashem and Rehana Rahman should not be granted bail in the Tk 3.03 billion money laundering case.

The High Court bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Khizir Hayat passed the order after hearing two separate petitions filed by Kashem and Rehana seeking bail in the case.

The bench also fixed August 16 for hearing on the rules.

Senior lawyers Shah Monjurul Hoque and Sayeed Ahmed Raza appeared for the petitioners, while senior lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan and Deputy Attorney General AKM Amin Uddin Manik represented the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) and state respectively during the hearing.

The Anti-Corruption Commission filed the case on May 5 in 2022 with the ACC's integrated office in Dhaka against six persons including the five trustees of the NSU on charge of misappropriation of Tk 3.03 billion during purchasing land for the institution.

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