Shamim Eskandar sent to jail
Bdnews24.com .
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Chief metropolitan magistrate AM Zulfiker passed the order after he was arrested Friday in front of Khaleda’s Dhaka Cantonment residence.
Shamim stands accused in a case, filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission, and also faces allegations of violating Emergency Powers Rules.
Lawyers sought bail for Shamim, arguing that he was a patient with heart diseases.
The graft case against Shamim was under investigation, according to Shamim’s lawyers. In court, the lawyers argued that there was no provision in the ACC law of arresting an accused person before pressing charges, but that was an exception.
Shamim’s wife Kaniz Fatema won bail from the High Court in the same graft case.
The magistrate said his court could not hold a hearing on the bail plea in a case under the EPR.
The lawyers appealed to the court to make an arrangement for better treatment of their client and award him division. The magistrate asked jail authorities to take ‘proper steps.’
Shamim was arrested when he arrived in the
Khaleda’s eldest son Tarique Rahman is also behind bars.
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