Convicted former Awami League (AL) lawmaker Rafiqul Anwar was released here on bail in an arms case yesterday.
Chittagong Jail sources said he was freed from a cabin of Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) at about 1:00pm on receipt of the High Court bail order.
Senior Superintendent of Chittagong Jail Md Ataur Rahman said Rafiqul was shifted to the hospital from the jail 15 days ago as he was suffering from severe chest pain and other diseases, including diabetes.
Earlier, the High Court granted six months' interim bail to Rafiqul, a former lawmaker from Fatikchhari constituency, in the arms case filed with Gulshan Police Station in Dhaka on April 28, 2007.
A Metropolitan Special Tribunal in Dhaka sentenced Rafiqul to 10 years' imprisonment in the case on November 11 last year.
He also got bails in four other cases in Chittagong, jail sources said.