Bashundhara Group Managing Director Sayem Sobhan Anvir today failed to secure anticipatory bail from the High Court in a case filed over the death of a college student at a flat in Dhaka's Gulshan area on April 26.

The HC bench of Justice Mamnoon Rahman and Justice Khandaker Diliruzzaman refused to hold hearing on any of the anticipatory bail petitions including that of Anvir as it has no jurisdiction to hear such petitions.

The HC bench said it will not entertain any anticipatory bail petition due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic situation and restrictions.

"Some anticipatory bail petitions have been wrongly included in the cause list for their hearing today," Justice Mamnoon Rahman told the lawyers at the beginning of the proceedings of the bench led by him this morning.

Anvir's lawyer Md Munsurul Hoque Chowdhury told The Daily Star that he could not move the anticipatory bail petition of his client before the HC bench as it refused to hear any such petition.

Anvir did not appear before the HC bench for bail today in connection with the case, he said.

Replying to a question, lawyer Munsurul Hoque Chowdhury said he will decide the next course of action after consulting with his client.

Anvir sought anticipatory bail from the High Court yesterday through lawyers yesterday.