HC grants bail to Moudud, Abbas in graft cases

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The High Court (HC) Monday granted bail for three months to former BNP ministers Moudud Ahmed and Mirza Abbas in corruption cases filed under the clean-up drive launched by the interim regime, reports UNB.brGranting them the interim bail, a vacation HC Division Bench comprising Justice Mirza Hussain Haider and Justice Mamnoon Rahman also stayed the proceedings of the cases.brMoudud, also a BNP stalwart, secured bail in a tax-evasion case and a new case filed on August 27 on charge of stashing away Tk 22 million (2.2 crore) in a bank with forged documents.brAbbas got bail in a graft case filed against him on charge of selling out 18 abandoned government houses in a fake auction.brOn March 29 last year, the Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) filed the case with Motijheel police station against Abbas, ex-commerce minister Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury, Harris Chowdhury, political secretary to former prime minister Khaleda Zia, three former secretaries and a number of high officials of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) and the Power Development Board (PWD).