Iskander, Minu's wives get ad-interim bails in graft cases
Tuesday, 1 July 2008
The High Court (HC) Monday granted ad-interim anticipatory bails to Kaniz Fatema, wife of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's brother Shamim Iskander and Rajshahi City Mayor Mizanur Rahman Minu's wife Salma Rahman in separate graft cases, reports UNB.
A division bench, headed by Khandaker Musa Khaled, passed the orders on separate petitions after they surrendered before it.
Fatema and Salma have been granted the bails for four months each.
The court also issued rules asking the government to explain why regular bails would not be granted for them. Both the rules are returnable in four weeks.
On May 25, the Anti-corruption Commission filed the case against Shamim Iskander for amassing illegal wealth and concealing information about it. His wife was accused of assisting her husband in committing the offence.
On July 17, 2007, the ACC filed the case against the Rajshahi Mayor for acquiring wealth beyond his known sources of income and hiding information about that. His wife Salma was made a co-accused in the case.
A division bench, headed by Khandaker Musa Khaled, passed the orders on separate petitions after they surrendered before it.
Fatema and Salma have been granted the bails for four months each.
The court also issued rules asking the government to explain why regular bails would not be granted for them. Both the rules are returnable in four weeks.
On May 25, the Anti-corruption Commission filed the case against Shamim Iskander for amassing illegal wealth and concealing information about it. His wife was accused of assisting her husband in committing the offence.
On July 17, 2007, the ACC filed the case against the Rajshahi Mayor for acquiring wealth beyond his known sources of income and hiding information about that. His wife Salma was made a co-accused in the case.