A Dhaka court yesterday sent Dr Afzal Hossain Raj, son of former adviser to the caretaker government Justice Fazlul Huq, to jail in a case filed against him for amassing wealth illegally and concealing wealth information to the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
Judge ANM Bashir Ullah of the Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court passed the order after Dr Afzal along with his lawyers appeared before the court and sought bail in the case.
Moving the bail petition, lawyers told the court that their client had earlier appeared before the High Court (HC) seeking anticipatory bail. After the hearing, the HC granted bail to their client till submission of the probe report of the case.
The investigation officer had earlier submitted the charge sheet to the court against Dr Afzal finding the charges against him true. After the probe report was submitted, their client sought bail again.
On the other hand, the prosecution opposed the bail petition saying that the accused was granted ad-interim bail from the HC. But the charges brought against the accused were primarily proved. So, the prosecution prayed that the bail petition be rejected and the accused be sent to jail.
After hearing both sides, the judge rejected Dr Afzal's bail petition and ordered that he is sent to jail.
ACC Assistant Director Ibrahim filed the case against Dr Afzal on September 14 last year with Ramna Model Police Station on charge of concealing information and amassing wealth over Tk 1.40 crore beyond his known sources of income.
According to the case statement, Dr Afzal realized Tk 10.61 crore by taking bribes in return for transfer of the government employees with the help of his father when Justice Fazlul Huq was in the charge of land, forest and law affairs ministry.