A Dhaka Court on Tuesday ordered to send Shamsul Alam Chowdhury, a chairman candidate of Faridpur Sadar upazila, a day before the polls, in a case filed in connection with laundering of Tk2,000crore .
The court of Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge AS Sams Jaglul Hossain passed the order rejecting his bail petition.
Meanwhile, the court granted bail to Faridpur Municipality Mayor Amitabh Bose and ward no 12 councilor Golam MD Nasir in the case.
Taposh Kumar Paul, additional public prosecutor, confirmed the matter.
Faridpur Sadar Upazila Parishad chairman candidate Shamsul Alam Chowdhury is contesting the elections with Pineapple symbol. He was the general secretary of Faridpur Sadar Upazila Awami League and was a candidate supported by the ruling party.
A total of six candidates are contesting the election.
The court recently issued an arrest warrant against the accused in this case, said Shahinur Islam, the lawyer of the accused people.
After coming to know about the arrest warrant, the accused surrendered before the court on Tuesday and sought bail.
The Criminal Investigation Department filed the case on June 26, 2020, against 47 people including the expelled General Secretary of Awami League Sajjad Hossain Barkat and his brother Imtiaz Hasan Rubel of Faridpur on the charge of laundering Tk2000 crore.
CID Assistant Commissioner of Police (ASP) Uttam Kumar Saha, also investigation officer of the case, submitted the chargesheet accusing 10 people on March 3, 2021.
On April 22, the court accepted the supplementary chargesheet submitted by CID against 46 accused.
As 36 of them remain absconding, the court issued an arrest warrant against them.
The date of submission of the arrest report was scheduled for May 30. These three were among the 36 accused.
The first phase of the sixth upazila parishad elections in 141 upazilas will be held on Wednesday. Voting will begin from 8am and to continue till 4pm.