Dhaka, March 27 – The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka court yesterday sent a former top official of Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) to the jail rejecting his bail in two corruption cases filed against him by Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).Metropolitan Magistrate Kazi Kamrul Islam passed the order after Shahidul Alam, former chief engineer of BPDB, surrendered before his court accompanied by his lawyer seeking bail in the cases.
During the hearing on Tuesday, Shahidul’s lawyer said the High Court granted his client a six-week ad-interim bail in the cases on November 6 last year and also directed Shahidul to surrender before the Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court of Dhaka after the period expires.
As per the High Court directives, the accused surrendered before the Sessions Court on December 27 last year and secured bail till March 1. But as he did not appear before the court on the scheduled date, it directed the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court of Dhaka to issue arrest warrants against him, the lawyer said.
The CMM court on March 14 issued arrest warrants against Shahidul in the cases, the lawyer said, adding that following the order his client appeared before the court and sought bail. – Special Correspondent
