The High Court yesterday declined to hear the petition of Expatriate Welfare and Oversees Employment Secretary Khandaker Shawkat Hossain who had sought anticipatory bail in three corruption cases.
The bench of Justice Md Rezaul Haque and Justice Gobinda Chandra Tagore refused to hear the plea saying they had personal difficulties, petitioner’s lawyer Sheikh Golam Hafiz said.
However, the bench said the expatriate secretary could move to another bench. In April this year the Anti-Corruption Commission filed three separate cases against him, accusing him of acquiring land for himself, his mother and his wife from the Uttara project through fraudulence.
