BNP leader Aman denied bail, sent to jail in graft case

Amanullah Aman

A Dhaka court today ordered to send BNP Dhaka City North unit Convener Amanullah Aman to the jail, in a graft case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) in 2007 for amassing illegal wealth beyond his known sources of income.

Earlier, BNP leder Aman surrendered in the court of Judge Abul Kashem of the Special Judge's Court-1 of Dhaka this morning, as per the orders of the High Court. The court however, rejected his plea and ordered to send her to the jail, defense lawyer Nazrul Islam told the media.

On August 7, the High Court released the full text of the 281-page judgment stating that Aman and his wife Sabera Aman have to surrender in the sub-ordinate court concerned within 15 days and uploaded it on its website.

Prior to that, a High Court Division bench comprising Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Khizir Hayat pronounced the judgment on May 30, upholding BNP leader Aman Ullah Aman and his wife Sabera Aman’s  imprisonment of 13-year and three-year terms respectively, in a case for amassing illegal wealth beyond their known sources of income. 

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on March 6, 2007, filed the case with Kafrul Police Station in the capital against the two accused.

The Special Judge Court on June 21 of 2007, delivered the verdict. The couple filed an appeal against the verdict and the High Court on August 16, 2010, had acquitted them, allowing their appeal.  

The ACC however, challenged the acquittal order. The Appellate Division on May 26, 2014, scrapped the High Court verdict and ordered a fresh hearing on appeal in the case. - Special Correspondent