HC asks Samrat to explain logic of his bail

The High Court on Tuesday issued a notice to expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat asking why his bail should not be cancelled in a money laundering case. A bench of justices Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Khizir Hayat issued the rule on a plea by the Anti-Corruption

Probe into money laundering by Samrat stuck

The Criminal Investigation Department’s investigation in the case against expelled Juba League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat over laundering Tk 195 crore has remained stuck for nearly two years. The CID investigation in the case against another expelled JL leader Khaled Mahmud Bhuiyan over laundering Tk 8 crore has also remained

Hearing on Samrat’s appeal against bail cancellation on June 6

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has fixed June 6 for hearing of the petition filed against the High Court order for cancelling the bail of expelled President of Dhaka Metropolitan South Juba League Ismail Chowdhury Samrat. The Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique passed the order

Expelled JL leader Samrat sent to jail in graft case

A Dhaka court on Tuesday sent expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat to jail upon surrender in a graft case. Judge Al Asad Md Asifuzzaman of Dhaka Special Judge Court-6 passed the order when Samrat surrendered before the court and sought bail. The court also fixed June 9 for hearing

Casino ‘kingpin’ Samrat out on bail

Expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat was released on bail yesterday after spending over two and a half years in jail in four cases. He was arrested in 2019 from Cumilla during the anti-casino drive. Around 4:30pm, Samrat walked out of his prison cell in Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University

Expelled JL leader Samrat gets bail in graft case

A Dhaka court on Wednesday granted bail to expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat in a graft case, paving the way for his release from judicial custody. Judge Al Asad Md Asifuzzaman of Dhaka Special Judge Court-6 passed the order. Earlier, the same court turned down his bail plea in

Siphoning Tk 222cr: Samrat gets bail, no bar on release

Expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat today got ad-interim bail in a case filed for siphoning off around Tk 222 crore and channelling it to casinos in Singapore and Malaysia between 2011 and 2018. With the today's bail order, there is no legal bar for his release from jail,