Samrat granted bail in money laundering case

A Dhaka Court on Monday granted bail to expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat in a money laundering case.

Judge Asad Md Asifuzzaman of Dhaka Special Judge Court-6 granted him bail till 19 September, considering his poor health condition, reports UNB.

With this, Samrat has secured bail in four cases and there is no legal bar to his release, said his lawyer Ehsanul Haque Samazi.

Earlier this morning, the former president of Dhaka South Jubo League was produced before the court from Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) Hospital.

The court also asked him to submit his passport to the court as his bail condition, and anyway he has to take court permission to go abroad. Earlier, Samrat secured bail in a drugs case on 11 April and in an Arms Act case and a money laundering case on 10 April.