Nazmul Huda denied bail, sent to jail

A Dhaka court has rejected the bail petition of former minister Barrister Nazmul Huda and directed to send him to jail in a case filed by Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).

Dhaka Special Judge-2 Judge H Ruhul Imran on Sunday passed the order after Nazmul Huda surrendered to the court and sought bail.

On March 21, 2007, ACC Deputy Director Shariful Islam filed the case against Nazmul Huda and his wife Barrister Sigma Huda on charge of taking Tk2.40cr as bribe from a person named Mir Jaher Hossain.

On August 27, 2007, a Special Judge's Court sentenced the former BNP minister to seven years’ imprisonment while his wife to three years' imprisonment in the case filed by ACC. It also fined Nazmul Huda Tk2.5cr. 

However, the High Court on March 20, 2011 acquitted them from the charge and later the Appellate Division on December 1, 2014 scrapped the HC verdict and asked for hearing the petition again.