HC grants bail for three months to Saifur's son
Thursday, 13 November 2008
The High Court (HC) Wednesday granted bail for three months to ex-BNP lawmaker M Naser Rahman, doubly convicted of amassing wealth illegally and extortion, reports BSS.
A division bench comprising Justice Syed Muhammad Dastagir Husain and Justice Farid Ahmed passed the interim order on health grounds, court sources said.
On March 31, a special court in Dhaka, which is trying high-profile corruption suspects, sentenced Naser, son of detained former finance minister Saifur Rahman, to 13 years' rigorous imprisonment for amassing wealth illegally and concealing information about his actual wealth.
On September 18 last year, an additional sessions judge of Sylhet sentenced him to nine years in prison in a Tk 20 million (2.0 crore) extortion case.
Joint forces arrested Naser on February 4 last year at the outset of the army-backed caretaker government's drive against corruption that also saw many other political and business bigwigs detained.
Advocate Habibul Islam Bhuiyan appeared for Naser.
A division bench comprising Justice Syed Muhammad Dastagir Husain and Justice Farid Ahmed passed the interim order on health grounds, court sources said.
On March 31, a special court in Dhaka, which is trying high-profile corruption suspects, sentenced Naser, son of detained former finance minister Saifur Rahman, to 13 years' rigorous imprisonment for amassing wealth illegally and concealing information about his actual wealth.
On September 18 last year, an additional sessions judge of Sylhet sentenced him to nine years in prison in a Tk 20 million (2.0 crore) extortion case.
Joint forces arrested Naser on February 4 last year at the outset of the army-backed caretaker government's drive against corruption that also saw many other political and business bigwigs detained.
Advocate Habibul Islam Bhuiyan appeared for Naser.