The New Nation - Internet Edition

BSS, Dhaka

The High Court on Monday granted three months ad interim bail to BNP leader and former Minister Mirza Abbas and former state minister Lutfuzzman Babar and Awami League leader and former Minister Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim.

A two-member bench comprising Justice Mirza Hussain Hyder and Justice Mamnun Rahman issued the order after hearing separate writ petitions, which sought bail and quashing of the charges in different cases lodged against them.

The court also stayed the proceedings of the cases against them for three months and asked the authorities concerned to show cause why the cases against them would not be declared illegal and without lawful authority.

Selim was accused of amassing wealth beyond his known sources of income and concealing information about his assets in the wealth statement submitted to the Anti-Corruption commission (ACC) while Abbas and Babar were accused of two separate graft cases.