Staff Reporter :
The High Court (HC) on Wednesday refused to grant bail to a suspended Jailer of Chattogram Central Jail, Sohel Rana Biswas, who was arrested with cash and phensedyl last year.
The court, however, issued a rule asking the government to explain in four weeks as to why Sohel Rana should not be
granted bail in the money laundering case.
The bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice K M Hafizul Alam passed the order after hearing a petition filed by Sohel Rana seeking bail.
Police recovered 12 bottles of Phensedyl, Tk 44.43 lakh in cash, FDRs of around Tk 2.50 crore deposited with different banks and cheques issued in favour of him totaling around Tk 1.30 crore from his bag, Deputy Attorney General A K M Amin Uddin Manik told.
He said, police filed two separate cases with Bhairab Railway Police Station against Sohel under the Money Laundering Act and the Narcotics Control Act.
Sohel filed the bail plea with the High Court on January in the money laundering case. Advocate Adnan Rafique appeared for Sohel.
The High Court (HC) on Wednesday refused to grant bail to a suspended Jailer of Chattogram Central Jail, Sohel Rana Biswas, who was arrested with cash and phensedyl last year.
The court, however, issued a rule asking the government to explain in four weeks as to why Sohel Rana should not be
granted bail in the money laundering case.
The bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice K M Hafizul Alam passed the order after hearing a petition filed by Sohel Rana seeking bail.
Police recovered 12 bottles of Phensedyl, Tk 44.43 lakh in cash, FDRs of around Tk 2.50 crore deposited with different banks and cheques issued in favour of him totaling around Tk 1.30 crore from his bag, Deputy Attorney General A K M Amin Uddin Manik told.
He said, police filed two separate cases with Bhairab Railway Police Station against Sohel under the Money Laundering Act and the Narcotics Control Act.
Sohel filed the bail plea with the High Court on January in the money laundering case. Advocate Adnan Rafique appeared for Sohel.
