HC grants bail to lawyer Shakila

The High Court (HC) has granted bail to Supreme Court lawyer Shakila Farzana in two cases filed over financing militant organization Shaheed Hamza Brigade.

The bench of Justice Farid Ahmed and Justice AKM Zahirul Hoque passed the order on Monday.

Shakila’s lawyer ZI Khan Panna said the court granted bail to the SC lawyer until form the charge in the cases.

It is mentionable that, Shakila was arrested on August 18 last year from outside her chamber along with two of her associates.

The trio claimed that they had deposited money to an account which was taken as advance and that they were unaware of the owner of the account.