Staff Reporter:
A Dhaka court on Wednesday granted bail to journalist Anis Alamgir in a graft and a money laundering case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Sabbir Foyez passed the order.
Earlier, journalist Anis secured bail from the High Court in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act.
Now there is no legal bar to his release from jail as he was not accused in any case, his lawyer Taslima Jahan said.
According to the prosecution, ACC filed the case on January 15 accusing Anis Alamgir of acquiring wealth beyond his known sources of income and money laundering.
According to the case statement, the ACC found that Anis owned immovable properties worth Tk25 lakh and movable assets valued at Tk3.84 crore, bringing his total assets to more than Tk4.09 crore. Family and other expenses were estimated at Tk15.90 lakh.
His total asset accumulation stood at over Tk4.25 crore, while the ACC identified his lawful income at Tk 99.09 lakh.
This included Tk54.45 lakh in previous savings, Tk19.39 lakh from talk shows and consultancy, Tk22 lakh from plot sales, and Tk3.24 lakh from savings certificates and bank interest, it said.
Anis was earlier detained by the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police on December 14 last year from Dhanmondi.
He was taken to the DB office for interrogation and was placed on a five-day remand the following day.
After completion of the remand, he was sent to jail on December 20 and has remained in custody since then.
He was shown arrested in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act at Uttara West Police Station in the capital.
