A Dhaka court on Wednesday granted permanent bail to Monirul Haque Sakku, the newly-elected mayor of Comilla City Corporation (CCC), in a graft case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
Dhaka metropolitan senior special judge Md Kamrul Hossain Molla handed down the order.
Earlier on 9 May, the court granted bail to the mayor till 24 May this year in the graft case filed on charge of concealing information of wealth.
The court transferred the case to Dhaka Special Court-8 and fixed hearing date on framing charges in the case.
On 7 May 2008, Shahin Ara Mamtaz, assistant director of ACC, filed a case against Sakku and his wife Afroza Jesmin on charge of concealing information of wealth worth over TK 120 million and amassing wealth of TK 40.57 million illegally.