Ex-NBR member Matiur's wife Laila's bail plea scrapped
The court also set 26 January for holding hearing on a plea of the ACC for taking her on a seven-day remand
A Dhaka court today (19 January) scrapped a bail plea filed by former upazila chairman Laila Kaniz, wife of former member of National Board of Revenue (NBR) Matiur Rahman, in a graft case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Zakir Hossain Galib passed the order after hearing the matter.
The court also set 26 January for holding hearing on a plea of the ACC for taking her on a seven-day remand.
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Assistant Director of ACC Md Ismail in his remand plea said despite being a government employee, the accused was involved in buying and selling of a huge number of placement shares by misuse of her power and forgery.
The ACC need to know whether any other person is involved in the transaction and her amassment of illegal wealth too should be probed, it added.
On 15 January, Detective Branch (DB) of Police arrested Matiur Rahman and his wife Laila Kaniz from the city's Bashundhara area.
Matiur became a subject of controversy due to a high-profile sacrificial goat, which was booked by his son.
Matiur was accused in a number of cases, including two graft cases, filed by the ACC on charges of amassing wealth illegally on 15 December 2024.
On 6 January, the ACC filed a case against Laila for amassing illegal wealth of Tk13.58 crore. She is also accused of concealing information about the wealth of Tk1.53 crore.
