Desk Report
Published: 11 Apr 2022, 04:10 pm
Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat || Photo; Collected
A Dhaka court granted bail to
Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat, an ex-Jubo League leader, in a case filed
against him under the Narcotics Control Act.
After today's hearing, Judge
Tehseen Iftekhar of Dhaka Seventh Additional Metropolitan Sessions Court
granted him bail on a bond of Taka 10,000.
However, Samrat's Lawyer Ehsanul
Haque Samaji told BSS that, "Among four cases filed against him, he has
been granted bail in three cases... Samrat would not be released right now as
he is accused in another case filed by Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) and yet
to get bail."
Earlier on Sunday, Samrat was
granted bail in arms case by Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Faisal Atiq
bin Quader and in money laundering case by Dhaka Additional Metropolitan
Magistrate Tofazzal Hossain.
On November 12, 2019, ACC filed
the case against him after investigations alleging that the former leader of
the ruling Awami League's youth body acquired assets worth about Taka 2.95
crore beyond his known income sources.
Deputy Director of the ACC and
Investigating Officer Jahangir Alam presented the charge-sheet before the
Metropolitan Session's Court on November 26, 2020.
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)
arrested Samrat in a predawn raid from a village in Cumilla's Chauddagram
Upazila on October 6, 2019.
In a subsequent action, police raided his Kakrail
office in the capital and recovered huge quantities of foreign liquor, guns and
rare species of wildlife skins.
Immediately after his arrest, a
mobile court sentenced Samrat to six months of jail term for possessing
wildlife hides.
A case was filed against him
under the Arms and Drugs Act for possession of arms and drugs.
Later, Criminal Investigation
Department (CID) filed a case against him under the Money Laundering Act and
the ACC filed a case alleging illegal acquisition of assets.