Rooppur power plant scam: HC refuses to grant bail to engineer

The High Court today refused to grant bail to an engineer, Md Shafiqul Islam, in three cases filed over corruption in purchasing furniture and household items for the officials of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant in Pabna.

The court, however, ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to complete investigation of the cases in six months.

It also kept three rules over the bail for Shafiqul in the cases stand over (waiting for hearing) for six months.

The HC bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Ahmed Sohel came up with the order during virtually hearing on the rules.

ACC lawyer Advocate Khurshid Alarm Khan told The Daily Star that Shafiqul cannot get released from jail following the HC orders.

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