Dhaka – The Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court of Dhaka on Sunday granted bail to Iqbal Mand Banu, mother-in- law of Bangladesh Nationalist Party Senior Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman, in a graft case filed against her for not submitting her wealth statement.Judge Md Kamrul Hossain Mollah of the court passed the order after Iqbal Mand Banu surrendered to the court with bail plea.
On April 12, the same court issued warrant for the arrest of Banu. The case docket says, Syeda Iqbal Mand Banu has been made accused in the case, the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) filed against her on the charge of not submitting wealth statement to the ACC.
Meanwhile, the court took cognizance of the charge sheet of the case and issued the warrant, ACC lawyer Mir Ahmed Ali told newsmen. The ACC filed the case with Ramna Police Station in the city against Iqbal Mand Banu on January 30, 2014.
The ACC source says, the case was filed after, Iqbal Mand Bau failed to submit her wealth statement to the ACC. They submitted the charge sheet of the case to the court on January 19, last year. – Special Correspondent
