Arrest warrant issued against Mufti Izhar

A  Chittagong court on Monday issued an arrest warrant against Hefajat-e Islam nayeb-e-ameer Mufti Izharul Islam in a case filed by Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). Metropolitan Sessions judge SM Mujibur Rahman issued the order after accepting the chargesheet in the case filed for not responding to a notice of ACC for submitting his wealth statement. ACC special public prosecutor Adv Mejbahuddin said Mufti Izhar was on High Court bail. The arrest warrant has been issued against Mufti Izhar for not appearing before the court during hearing over the chargesheet. Earlier, on April 21, HM Aktaruzzaman, deputy-director of ACC Chittagong division, pressed chargesheet against Mufti Izhar in the case, according to UNB.