A Dhaka court on Monday granted bail to Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat, an ex-Jubo League leader, in a case filed under Narcotics Control Act.
However, he cannot get release from jail as he secured bail in three cases, out of four.
He was shown arrested in a graft case filed by the Anti-corruption Commission (ACC). If he secures bail in the graft case, there is no bar to his release from jail.
Dhaka's 7th Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Tehsin Iftekhar passed the order on a bond of Tk 10,000. In 2019, Samrat's name came up during the anti-casino operation of the law enforcement agencies. However, he remained absconding till being arrested on October 6.
RAB arrested Samrat and his associate Arman from village Kunja Sreepur of Alkora union under Chauddagram upazila of Cumilla district on October 6, 2019.
At around 2pm on the same day, a team of the law enforcement agency led by RAB Executive Magistrate Sarwar Alam launched an operation on Samrat's office at Bhuiyan Trade Center in Kakrail in the capital. The executive magistrate sentenced him to six months in jail for illegally keeping animal skins in the office.
