Haji Selim taken to BSMMU from jail

Old Dhaka lawmaker Haji Mohammad Selim, who was landed in jail on Sunday in a case filed over amassing illegal wealth, has been taken to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU). 

He was sent to the hospital on an ambulance from the Central Jail in Keraniganj around 9am on Monday. 

BSMMU Director Brigadier General Md Nazrul Islam Khan confirmed the matter to Jago News.  

He said Haji Selim has been admitted to the hospital due to heart related problem. 

“His treatment is going on under the supervision of Cardiac Department Professor Dr Harisul Haque. We will inform details about him after observing his physical condition,” Nazrul added.

Judge Shahidul Islam of Dhaka Special Judge Court-7 on Sunday sent Haji Selim to jail after he had surrendered before it following a High Court order in the case.

The High Court on March 9, 2021, upheld a lower court judgement that sentenced Haji Selim to 10-year imprisonment in the case lodged over amassing illegal wealth. The court, however, had acquitted the lawmaker of the charge of concealing information in his wealth statement, for which Selim was sentenced to three-year imprisonment.

The High Court ordered the accused to surrender before the lower court concerned within 30-day of getting the copy of the judgement.

The trial court on April 27, 2008, convicted Haji Salim and sentenced him to total 13 years' imprisonment under two sections in the case, which was filed by the ACC on October 24, 2007.

The accused appealed against the judgement with the High Court on October 25, 2009. The High Court on January 2, 2011, acquitted him of the corruption case, making the anti-graft body to appeal against the High Court verdict.

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on January 12, 2015, scrapped the High Court verdict and ordered to hold the hearing afresh.