The New Nation - Internet Edition

UNB, Dhaka

The Supreme Court didn't give the Anti-Corruption Commission permission to file appeal against High Court bail to Dr Taslima Ahmed Zaman, daughter of Awami League stalwart Tofael Ahmed, in a graft case.

Instead, the Supreme Court Sunday asked the counsel for the anti-graft watchdog to get its objection heard back in the High Court.

Passing the order, the Appellate Division disposed of the ACC application for leave to appeal against the High Court orders.

Following a petition, the High Court on June 2 granted anticipatory bail to Dr Taslima, along with her mother, for four months on surrender. The HC had also issued rule upon the ACC to explain why Dr Taslima 'should not be granted regular bail'.

On May 29, ACC Deputy Director Golam Shahrier Chowdhury filed a case with Ramna police station against Tofael Ahmed, also former minister, for amassing Tk 2.45 crore worth of wealth, which is inconsistent with his known sources of income, and concealing information about Tk 1.86 crore in his wealth statement submitted to the ACC.

The ACC also implicated Tofael's wife, Anwara Ahmed, and daughter Dr Taslima on charges of aiding and abetting him in protecting the ill-gotten property.

Tofail also secured bail in the case on July 20 on surrender to the High Court, as a purge went on in the interim period against corruption in high places that landed many VIPs in jail.

Barrister M Amir-Ul Islam appeared for Dr Taslima, while Advocate Khurshid Alam Khan for the ACC.