All barriers for former Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat to be released from jail in a graft case filed by Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), have been removed as a Dhaka court granted him bail on Monday.
According to the court sources, Judge Asad Md Asifuzzaman of Dhaka Special Judge Court-6 passed the order. Earlier he was granted bail in three other cases filed against him.
Samrat, the suspected casino kingpin, was produced before the court from Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) Hospital under high security. After completing the hearing on his bail petition, the court granted it on Taka 10,000 bond. The court also set September 19 for holding a hearing on charge framing in the case. On November 12 in 2019, ACC lodged the case against
Samrat for amassing illegal wealth of Taka 2.94 crore. On November 26 in 2020, ACC submitted a charge-sheet. On March 22 in 2022, the court took the charge-sheet into cognizance.
On October 7 in 2019, the elite force Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-1 filed two cases under arms and narcotics acts against Samrat with Ramna Police Station. His accomplice, former Dhaka South unit Jubo League vice-president Enamul Haque Arman was also accused in the narcotics case.
On October 6 in 2019, RAB arrested Samrat and his associate Arman from village Kunja Sreepur of Alkora union under Chauddagram upazila of Cumilla district.