A Dhaka court today granted bail to economist Prof Abul Barkat in a murder case linked to the July Uprising.
Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Mostafizur Rahman passed the order following a bail petition, said Additional Public Prosecutor Shamsuddoha Sumon.
There is now no legal bar to Prof Barkat’s release from jail, as he has secured bail in the murder case, defence lawyer Mohammad Shaheenoor Islam said.
Barkat was denied bail by another Dhaka court yesterday, a day after he was shown arrested as a suspect in the case filed over the killing of 45-year-old trader Abdul Wadud, following an application from the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP).
According to the case documents, Abdul was killed in Dhaka's New Market area on July 19, 2024, during the quota reform protests.
Abdur Rahman, the victim’s brother-in-law, filed a murder case with New Market Police Station against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 129 others on August 21, 2024.
Barkat, former president of the Bangladesh Economic Association and Dhaka University faculty member, has been in jail since July 10 last year after his arrest by the Detective Branch in a graft case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission over alleged embezzlement of Tk 297 crore through AnonTex Group.
He was sent to jail the next day. The High Court granted him bail on May 11 this year, later upheld by the Appellate Division on May 21.
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