Expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat was released from jail on bail today (May 11) after nearly two-and-half years of his arrest.

He was released around 4:30 pm from the prison cell of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University where he was undergoing treatment for illness, said Mahbubul Islam, jailor of Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj.

Although the duty police were withdrawn from the hospital, Samrat will not go home right now due to ongoing treatment.

Earlier in the day, Judge Al Asad Md Asifuzzaman of the Special Judge Court-6 granted his bail petition in a corruption case filed for siphoning around Tk 222 crore and channelling it to casinos in Singapore and Malaysia between 2011 and 2018.

Lawyer Ehsanul Haque Samaji moved for Samrat while Prosecutor Mosharraf Hossain Kajal, represented the complainant Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).

Earlier on April 10 and 11, Samrat was granted bail in money laundering, arms and narcotics cases filed with Ramna Police Station in 2019 considering his long custody and health.

Samrat's lawyer Ehsanul Haque Samaji said with this bail order, there is no legal bar for his release as he was granted bail in all the four cases filed against him.

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) busted the illegal gambling businesses set up by Samrat, the then president of Jubo League's Dhaka South unit, at several spots in Dhaka in 2019.

Later, RAB raided his office in Dhaka's Kakrail and recovered a pistol, 1,160 yaba pills, 19 bottles of foreign liquor, two kangaroo skins and electric equipment to torture people.

Samrat subsequently went into hiding before being arrested in Cumilla on 6 October that year. He was expelled from the party following his arrest.

A total of four cases were filed against Samrat as the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) was tasked to investigate the money laundering charges.    
 

BDST: 1708 HRS, MAY 11, 2022
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