HC asks govt to explain why Abbas will not get bail

The High Court yesterday issued a rule asking the government and Anti Corruption Commission to explain in two weeks as to why BNP leader Mirza Abbas should not be granted bail in a corruption case.

The ACC filed the case with Shahbagh Police Station on March 6, 2014 on charge of causing the state a loss of Tk 16 crore by allocating seven acres of Rajuk's land to a journalists' cooperative society at a lower rate.

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On January 6 this year, a Dhaka court sent Abbas, a former housing and public works minister, to jail in connection with the case, Abbas's lawyer Sagir Hossain Leon told The Daily Star.

The HC bench issued the rule after hearing a bail petition filed by Abbas, he added.