Mahmudur Rahman denied bail in ACC case
Friday, 16 July 2010
A Dhaka court Thursday rejected the bail application of Mahmudur Rahman, the detained acting editor of the newspaper 'Amar Desh', in relation to a case filed by the Anti-corruption Commission for failing to provide a wealth statement, reports bdnews24.com.
Two days earlier, Dhaka Metropolitan magistrate Kanika Bishwas ordered that Rahman be shown arrested in the case following an application by the ACC Deputy Director Nur Ahmed, who is also the investigation officer in the case.
Ahmed, who had filed the case with Gulshan police on June 13, told the news agency Tuesday that Rahman had not submitted information on his wealth after the ACC had sent him a notice.
Rahman has already secured bail in six out of the seven cases filed against him.
On June 2, police stormed the 'Amar Desh' newspaper office and arrested acting editor Rahman on fraud charges brought against him by the paper's publisher Hashmat Ali Hashu, who himself was under a 'brief dramatic detention' on June 1.
On June 1, the government had stopped the publication of the newspaper and sealed off its press.
Two days earlier, Dhaka Metropolitan magistrate Kanika Bishwas ordered that Rahman be shown arrested in the case following an application by the ACC Deputy Director Nur Ahmed, who is also the investigation officer in the case.
Ahmed, who had filed the case with Gulshan police on June 13, told the news agency Tuesday that Rahman had not submitted information on his wealth after the ACC had sent him a notice.
Rahman has already secured bail in six out of the seven cases filed against him.
On June 2, police stormed the 'Amar Desh' newspaper office and arrested acting editor Rahman on fraud charges brought against him by the paper's publisher Hashmat Ali Hashu, who himself was under a 'brief dramatic detention' on June 1.
On June 1, the government had stopped the publication of the newspaper and sealed off its press.