2 more petitions filed against Jasmine’s bail
The Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday filed two more petitions with the High Court to cancel the lower court orders that have granted bail to Hall-Mark Group Chairman Jasmine Islam in two loan scam cases.
On August 4, a Dhaka court granted bail to Jasmine in all the 11 cases filed by the ACC after she pledged to pay back in monthly instalments Tk 2,600 crore, which her company has swindled out of Sonali Bank.
The commission filed the first petition with the HC on Tuesday for cancelling her bail in one of the 11 cases.
ACC lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan told The Daily Star that the ACC would file eight more petitions in a few days for cancelling her bail in the remaining eight cases.
Citing from the petitions, he said Jasmine was granted bail illegally, as investigations were underway, and there were serious allegations of money laundering against her.
Granting conditional bail to an accused is always illegal, Khurshid said.
Hearing of the petitions may take place next week, he added.
-With The Daily Star input
