DHAKA: The High Court (HC) fixed April 21 for hearing the bail plea of Mirza Abbas, BNP-endorsed mayoral candidate for Dhaka South City Corporation polls, in a corruption case.

The HC bench of Justice M Moinul Islam Chowdhury and Justice JBM Hassan passed the order on Thursday.

On April 15, the HC bench of Justice Quamrul Islam Siddique and Justice Gobinda Chandra Tagore dropped the bail petition from hearing list and asked to go to another bench.

Moreover, the bench of Justice Quamrul and Justice Gobinda gave split orders on two bail petitions filed by Mirza Abbas in connection with two vandalism and arson attack cases.

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) filed the government plot distribution corruption case with Shahbagh Police Station on March 6 in 2014.

However, police filed the torching and vandalism case on December 28, 2014 and another case under Explosives Act filed on January 4, 2015.

BDST: 2140 HRS, APR 16, 2015
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