Ex-army officer Mohiuddin gets bail in vandalism case

A Dhaka court has granted bail to Major General (Retd) Golam Mohiuddin Chowdhury in a case filed over vandalism, assault and looting at the New Gini Properties housing project under Cantonment Police Station in the capital on 26 September.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Aminul Islam Junaid granted the bail on Sunday on a Tk2,000 bond, Prosecution Division Sub-Inspector Tarekur Rahman confirmed the development on Monday.

He said Golam Mohiuddin was produced before the court on Sunday after completion of his three-day remand. Later, he pleaded for bail through his lawyer, which the court granted.

According to court sources, Investigating Officer of the case and Inspector of the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Zehad Hossain sought an order to keep him in jail.

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Defence lawyer Mohammad Abul Kalam Khan, also general secretary of Dhaka Bar Association, sought bail for the accused. After hearing, the court granted him bail until 28 October. No lawyer for the prosecution was present at the hearing.

Police arrested Golam Mohiuddin from a house in Segunbagicha under Ramna Police Station on 30 September, and he was placed on three-day remand in the case on the following day.

Meanwhile, on Monday, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Ashraful Haque placed another accused, Bikash Chandra Sarkar, on a three-day remand in the case.

The court passed the order after Inspector Mohammad Al Amin of Cantonment Police Station sought 10 days’ remand for Bikash after producing him before the court.

According to the case documents, on 26 September, around 50 people allegedly entered the New Gini Properties Ltd project area in West Matikata.

They allegedly opened fire and attacked people with machetes, knives and sticks, vandalised and looted the studio, taking cash, laptops, cameras and other equipment, while several vehicles were also damaged.

The case alleges that the attack caused losses of Tk1.4 crore and the theft of goods worth Tk1.5 crore. Police said the attackers also fired at officers, prompting police to fire five shotgun rounds.

Project official Saiful Islam Bhuiyan filed the case over the incident naming 13 as accused and unidentified 150-200 people.