ATB chief Jasim Rahmani freed on bail

FE Team | Published: August 27, 2024 00:11:18

Ansarullah Bangla Team (ATB) chief Mufti Muhammad Jasimuddin Rahmani, sentenced to prison in a case over the murder of blogger Ahmed Rajib Haider, has been released on bail, reports bdnews24.com.
He was released from the Kashimpur High Security Central Prison in Gazipur at 11:15am on Monday, said Deputy Jailer Rezaul Karim.
"The bail papers were scrutinised and he was subsequently released."
Architect, blogger, and activist Rajib was hacked to death in an attack in front of his home in Dhaka's Palashnagar on February 15, 2013. On December 31, 2015, his father filed a case over his death with Pallabi thana.
Rahmani was arrested from Barguna on Aug 12, 2013. A Dhaka court then sentenced him to five years in prison.
He is also accused in a total of four cases under the Anti-Terrorism Act and the ICT Act. According to information from the prison, Rahmani was granted bail on Sunday in an Anti-Terrorism Act case filed against him with Uttara West thana on Feb 6, 2008. The other cases against him have been withdrawn.