The New Nation - Internet Edition

UNB, Dhaka

Chittagong City Corporation Mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury was Wednesday freed from the prison cell of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) after long detention amid the ongoing anti-graft drive.

DIG (prisons) Major Shamsul Haider Siddiqui told UNB that the Mayor of the port city was released at 3:25 pm as he secured bail from the higher court in all the cases against him, including corruption.

Arrested on March 7 last year, Mayor Mohiuddin, also an Awami League leader, presently faces a total of 15 cases.

Earlier police had filed 22 cases. Of them, police submitted final reports to the court in 4 cases and the High Court quashed another 3.