A Dhaka court on Sunday granted bail to former state minister for housing and public works advocate Abdul Mannan Khan till October 13 in a corruption case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission against him for amassing illegal wealth. Metropolitan Magistrate M Imdadul Haque passed the order after Mannan surrendered before the court and sought bail in the case on Sunday morning. On Aug 21, the ACC filed cases against Khan and two other ruling MPs for possession of assets far in excess to their known sources of income. The cases were filed in the Ramna Police Station. The case statement against Mannan said he concealed information of his property worth Tk 4.59 lakh and he could not produce documents in favour of his income of Tk 75 lakh. – risingbd.com
