The New Nation - Internet Edition

UNB, Dhaka

The Supreme Court yesterday affirmed its earlier stay on convicted former BNP MP Mosaddek Ali Falu's bail granted by the High Court on "fake" medical-board report. A 5-member Appellate Division bench headed by Chief Justice MM Ruhul Amin passed the order by dismissing a stay-vacating plea placed on behalf of Falu, who has been jailed for five years for embezzlement of CI sheet allocated for relief.

On November 3, upon an Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) petition, the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court found "fake" the medical report on his health and halted his HC-granted bail.

The SC also exonerated M Wahidullah, Advocate-on-Record (AoR), as he sought unconditional apology for misleading the court by submitting Falu's forged medical-board report and warned the AoR to be "careful" in future.

While passing its orders, the apex court said it would deliver its judgment relating to inquiry into the faking of medical report after examining the reports submitted by the SC registrar and the Attorney General, the chief government law officer.

Army-led joint forces arrested Falu, also political secretary to ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, at his city residence on corruption charges on February 5 last year amid a crackdown on the political arena following the 1/11 changeover.