The High Court will deliver its order tomorrow on a bail petition filed by Zahirul Islam Zia, an accused of a rape case in Feni who married his victim at Feni jail gate in order to get bail in line with a directive from the High Court.

The HC bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman today fixed the date for holding hearing and passing order on Zahirul's bail petition in the rape case.

Earlier in the day, Zahirul's lawyer Faruque Alamgir Chowdhury placed the bail petition before the bench and prayed to the court to grant bail to his client as he (Zahirul) married the victim in line with its conditional directive.

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Meanwhile, authorities concerned of Feni jail submitted a report to the HC bench through its registrar's office, saying that accused Zahirul has married the victim at the jail gate on November 19 in presence of local officials and distinguished persons, Zahirul's lawyer Faruque Alamgir Chowdhury told The Daily Star.

Zahirul, the accused, son of a local union parishad member, raped the woman of Chardarbesh area in Feni's Sonagazi on May 27, according to the case statement.

He married his victim at Feni jail gate on November 19 in order to get bail in line with a directive from the HC.

On May 29, police arrested Zia, who later filed a bail petition with the HC.

Both the victim and the accused said they were involved in a romantic relationship and got intimate after Zia promised to marry her. As he refused to keep his promise, she filed a rape case against him, said court sources.

A Dhaka court today allowed the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to interrogate four members of North South University's (NSU) board of trustees at the jail gate for a day, in a Tk 304 crore money laundering case.

The accused are: MA Kashem, Benajir Ahmed, Rehana Rahman and Mohammed Shajahan.

Judge KM Emrul Kayesh of Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge's Court passed the order after ACC Deputy Director Farid Ahmed Patwary, also the investigation officer of the case, produced them before it with a forwarding report.

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In the forwarding report, the IO said that all four, including the NSU Board of Trustees Chairperson Azim Uddin Ahmed, were directly involved with the money laundering. So, they should be interrogated at the jail gate for collecting more information.

Defence lawyers submitted four separate petitions for providing them with first class division in jail on grounds that they were holding high-profile social status in their respective position. 

Upon hearing both the sides, the judge sent them to jail and allowed the ACC to interrogate them at the jail gate for one day.

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The judge also directed the jail authorities to provide them with first class division in jail as per Jail Code.

Yesterday, the four were arrested after the High Court rejected their anticipatory bail petitions in the case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on May 5.

The High Court today wanted to know the government's decision about the old trees at the capital's Suhrawardy Udyan, a historical place related to the republic's Liberation War.

The court sought for the resolution of a meeting organised by the liberation war affairs ministry on this issue on June 24 with its Minister AKM Mozammel Haque in the chair.

The HC bench of Justice Farah Mahbub and Justice SM Maniruzzaman asked Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Samarendra Nath Biswas to collect the resolution from the ministry and to submit it to this court in two weeks.

The bench passed the order during hearing on a writ petition filed to seek its directive upon the government not to cut trees and damage the environment and characteristics of Suhrawardy Udyan.

It fixed July 15 for further hearing on the petition.

DAG Samarendra Nath Biswas told the HC that the government has suspended the process of cutting trees at Suhrawardy Udyan.

Liberation Minister AKM Mozammel Haque held a meeting on June 24 on this issue, but the resolution of the meeting was yet to be finalised, he said, adding that he will submit the resolution to the court once he receives it.

Lawyer Syeda Rizwana Hasan appeared for the writ petitioners during the virtual hearing of the petition today.

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