Ex-NBR member Matiur's wife Laila's bail plea scrapped

A court has scrapped a bail plea filed by former Upazila Chairman Laila Kaniz, wife of former member of National Board of Revenue (NBR) Matiur Rahman, in a graft case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).

Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Zakir Hossain Galib passed the order on Sunday after hearing the matter. The court also set January 26 for holding hearing on a plea of the ACC for taking her on a seven-day remand.

Assistant Director of ACC Md Ismail in his remand plea said the accused being a government employee was involved in buying and selling of a huge number of placement shares by misuse of her power and forgery. 

The ACC need to know whether any other person is involved in the transaction and her amassment of illegal wealth too should be probed, it added.

On January 15, Detective Branch (DB) of Police arrested Matiur Rahman and his wife Laila Kaniz from the city's Bashundhara area.

Matiur became a subject of controversy due to a high-profile sacrificial goat, which was booked by his son.

Matiur was accused in a number of cases, including two graft cases, filed by the ACC on charges of amassing wealth illegally on December 15, 2024.

On January 6, the ACC filed a case against Laila for amassing illegal wealth of Tk 13.58 crore. She is also accused of concealing information about the wealth of Tk 1.53 crore.