Staff Reporter :
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has pleaded to the High Court to revoke the bail granted to the expelled Dhaka City South Jubo League leader and casino kingpin Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat.
ACC counsel Khurshid Alam Khan said that a revision petition seeking cancellation of the bail was submitted to the High Court on Saturday.
He said that hearing on the petition would be held on Sunday.
Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat obtained bail on conditions on August 22 last in a case filed for accumulating wealth beyond his known sources. Judge Al Asad Md Asifuzzaman of Special Judge Court-6 of Dhaka granted him bail.
The bail will be effective till 19 September, Samrat’s lawyer Ehsanul Haque Samazi told the media.
With the latest one, Samrat secured bail in four cases and there is no obstacle anymore to his release, said the lawyer.
Among the four cases against Samrat, he secured bail in a money laundering case and a possession of arms case on 10 April this year.
On 11 April, he was also granted bail in a narcotics case. Then on 11 May, Dhaka Special Judge Court-6 Judge Al Asad Md Asifuzzaman granted him bail in a case for amassing wealth beyond known sources of income.
He was released on 11 May from the prison cell of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) Hospital after securing bail in all the four cases, but stayed on in the hospital for medical treatment.
On 16 May, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) appealed to the High Court to cancel the bail order against a case filed in 2019.
On 18 May, a High Court bench led by Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder cancelled his bail and ordered him to surrender to the special judge’s court within seven days.
Later, Samrat appealed to the Appellate Division for staying the High Court order.
After hearing the appeal, Chamber Judge M Enayetur Rahim on 23 May sent Samrat’s plea to the regular bench of the Appellate Division for a hearing on 30 May.
Later on Friday (August 26) afternoon he left the BSMMU Prison Cell and staged a showdown with his fellow leaders and activists with motorcycle processions.
On October 6 in 2019, RAB detained Samrat and his associate Enamul Haque Arman from Chauddagram in Comilla.
RAB raided his Kakrail office later that day. Huge quantities of foreign liquor, pistols, and two hides of kangaroo were seized from his office.
He was later sentenced by a mobile court to six months in prison under the Wildlife Conservation Act.
