Ilyas Ali, wife granted bail
The district and Sessions Judge of Sylhet yesterday granted ad interim bail to the former lawmaker and district BNP chief M Ilyas Ali and his wife Tahsina Rushdi in the case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) about 2 and half years ago.
The same court on Monday issued warrant of arrest against the couple as they skipped court on the day.
The judge also set 10 March for framing charges against the accused.
Ilyas and his wife appeared before judge Momin Ullah yesterday and prayed for ad interim bail, Public Prosecutor Misbah Uddin Siraj told this correspondent.
The ACC on May 6, 2009 pressed charges against the couple. The Chief Judicial Magistrate of Sylhet sent the case records to the District and Sessions Judge on March 4 this year, court sources said.
The then ACC Assistant Director, Sylhet, Khandaker Enamul Basir filed the case on July 21, 2008 with Sylhet Kotwali Police Station against the couple for amassing wealth worth Tk 91 lakh and hiding information.
Earlier, the anti-graft watchdog issued a notice on Ilyas on January 28, 2008 asking him to submit his wealth statement to the commission. Accordingly, Ilyas submitted his wealth report to the ACC Sylhet office through his lawyer on February 14.
Ilyas went into hiding in January 2007 and remained absconding till mid July that year as his name was on the list of 50 corruption suspects published by the ACC.
In his statement, Ilyas showed wealth worth Tk 3.99 crore in the name of the couple. The property included two vehicles worth Tk 1.5 crore, a house at Banani in Dhaka, money in cash and land property at village home and in the capital.
After investigation, the ACC found that Ilyas and his wife had concealed information of wealth worth Tk 91 lakh in the statement submitted to the commission.
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