A Dhaka court on Thursday granted bail to lawmaker Haji Md Salim's son Mohammad Erfan Selim in a case lodged over allegedly assaulting an officer of the Bangladesh Navy in 2020.
Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Asaduzzaman Nur passed the order.
The same court issued an arrest warrant for Erfan as he was absent during Wednesday's hearing.
Erfan surrendered on Thursday and applied for bail in the court of Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Asaduzzaman Nur through his lawyer Shri Prannath.
After the hearing, the court granted his bail.
Earlier, the court framed charges against five including Mohammad Erfan Selim in the case on Wednesday. The court also set March 6 for recording the testimonies of the witnesses.
The other four indicted accused are Erfan's bodyguard Md Zahidul Mollah, driver Mizanur Rahman, protocol officer AB Siddique Dipu and Erfan's assistant Qazi Repon.
According to the case documents, Lt Wasif Ahmad Khan and his wife were passing through the Kalabagan signal area on their bike on October 25, 2020 evening, when the SUV of Erfan Selim rammed the bike from behind. As the Navy official protested, Erfan Selim and his men, who were in the vehicle at the time, allegedly started beating him and his wife.
The Navy official on October 26, 2020, filed the case against Erfan, his bodyguard Md Zahidul Mollah, protocol officer AB Siddique Dipu, driver Mizanur Rahman and 2/3 unidentified persons.
Investigating officer and Sub-Inspector of the Detective Branch (DB) Md Mominul Huq filed the chargesheet on February 11, 2021.