A Dhaka court has rejected bail petitions of former Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik in two cases filed over allegations of acquiring wealth beyond known sources of income.
Dhaka Senior Special Judge Md Sabbir Faiz passed the order after hearings on Tuesday afternoon, said ACC prosecutor Mohammad Tarikul Islam.
He also said the defence lawyers sought bail in two the cases, which the ACC opposed.
ACC Deputy Assistant Director Abdullah Al Mamun filed the cases with the Integrated District Office, Dhaka‑1.
According to case documents, while serving as a judge, Manik allegedly abused his position to acquire assets worth Tk5.39 crore beyond known sources of income. The case was lodged under the ACC Act, the Money Laundering Prevention Act, and the Prevention of Corruption Act.
In another case, the ACC accused Justice Manik along with former finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal’s wife Kashmiri Kamal, former RAJUK chairman engineer Md Nurul Huda, RAJUK member (finance) Md Abu Bakkar Sikdar, member (development) M Mahbubul Alam, former RAJUK chairman GM Zainal Abedin Bhuiya, and former RAJUK member Abdul Hai.
The allegation states that through fraud and abuse of power, the accused colluded to grab a plot originally allocated to another recipient in RAJUK’s Purbachal New Town Project.
