Ex-MP Abdul Mannan gets bail in graft case

Major (retd) Abdul Mannan, former member of parliament and former chairman of Bangladesh Industrial Financial Company, granted bail in a graft case.

His lawyer on Sunday (March 31) filed the bail petition before the court of Judge Ash-Shams Jaglul Hossain of Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge. Then the court granted him the bail.

General Registrar branch of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) confirmed this on Tuesday.

Earlier on March 28, Abdul Mannan filed the bail plea through his lawyer surrendering before the court of Judge Ash-Shams Jaglul Hossain. But the court sent him jail rejecting his bail prayer.

ACC Deputy Director Abdul Majed filed the case on December 18, 2022, with its integrated district office in Dhaka-1, against 12 people, including Major Mannan over the embezzlement.

According to the case documents, BIFC chairman Mannan, directors and officials in association with each other distributed Tk 8 crore as a loan to Aminur Rahman, the owner of Telecom Service Enterprise, without a security deposit and mortgage.

Later, they transferred the money to different bank accounts.