The High Court on Monday granted an eight-week anticipatory bail to BNP Standing Committee Member Mirza Abbas and his wife Afroza Abbas in a corruption case.
The couple has been accused of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 20.76 crore.
They appeared before the bench of Justice Obaidul Hassan and Justice SM Kuddus Zaman in the morning and sought bail, reports UNB.
Advocate Zainul Abedin represented them in court.
Earlier on January 7, Anti-Corruption Commission Assistant Director Mohammad Salauddin filed the case with Shahjahanpur police station against the BNP leader and his wife.