Papul's wife, daughter get bail

Selina Islam, wife of Laxmipur-2 MP Kazi Shahid Islam Papul, and their daughter Wafa Islam have been granted bail in a money laundering case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).

On Sunday, Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge KM Imrul Kayes granted bail to them.

Lawyers Mosharraf Hossain Kajal and Mahmud Hossain Jahangir stated for ACC in the court.

Earlier on December 22, the High Court directed Papul's wife and daughter to surrender before the court by December 28.

On November 11, the ACC filed a case against MP Shahid Islam Papul, his wife, daughter and sister-in-law for amassing Tk 2.31 crore illegally and laundering Tk 148 crore. They later appealed to the High Court for anticipatory bail.