A court in Dhaka today (Sunday) sent to jail lawmaker Haji Mohammad Selim as he surrendered before it following a High Court order in a case lodged over amassing illegal wealth. Judge Shahidul Islam of Dhaka Special Judge Court-7 passed the order as Haji Selim surrendered before the court and pleaded for bail on any condition. He also filed two other pleas, seeking division status in jail and medical treatment at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital. "He lost his ability to speak his brain haemorrhage during a heart surgery in 2016. He is receiving treatment at home and abroad and if he is left in jail, any kind of accident may take place for lack of proper treatment. So, we have pleaded for bail on any condition," Haji Selim's lawyer advocate Pran Nath said. The High Court on March 9, 2021, upheld a lower court judgement that sentenced lawmaker Haji Mohammad Selim to 10-year imprisonment in the case lodged over amassing illegal wealth. The court, however, had acquitted the lawmaker of the charge of concealing information in his wealth statement, for which Selim was sentenced to three-year imprisonment. The High Court ordered the accused to surrender before the lower court concerned within 30-day of getting the copy of the judgement. The trial court on April 27, 2008, convicted Haji Salim and sentenced him to total 13 years' imprisonment under two sections in the case, which was filed by the ACC on October 24, 2007. The accused appealed against the judgement with the High Court on October 25, 2009. The High Court on January 2, 2011, acquitted him of the corruption case, making the anti-graft body to appeal against the High Court verdict. The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on January 12, 2015, scrapped the High Court verdict and ordered to hold the hearing afresh. Source: BSS AH

The mobile court conducted by Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has awarded one year imprisonment to Dhaka-7 Member of Parliament Haji Selim’s son and ward councilor Erfan Selim along with his body guard Mohammad Zahid. RAB legal and media wing Director Lt. Colonel Ashik Billah confirmed the information at a press conference on Monday evening. Ashik Billah said, they were awarded the punishment for taking liquor and using illegal walky-talkies. Besides, two more cases will be filed against them under arms and narcotics act. Earlier, a team of RAB from 12 pm began their search at the house of Haji Selim named ‘Chand Sardar Dadar Bari’ to arrest Erfan Selim. During the drive led by RAB Executive Magistrate Sarwar Alam huge quantity of liquor and beer, walky-talkies, electronics devices and arms were recovered. At that time Sarwar Alam said, Erfan Selim resided on the second and third floor of the house. From there a foreign made pistol, bullets, one air gun, 38 walky-talkies, one handcuff, huge quantity of foreign liquor and beer were recovered. He also said that the arms has no license and the walky-talkies are illegal which usually the law enforcing agencies use. Mentionable, yesterday a video went viral on social media where it was seen that a navy official was under attack. Aftermath the law enforcing agency members went for the operation. The navy official named Wasif Ahmed filed written complaint with Dhanmondi police station stating that he and his wife were going on a motorcycle. At one stage the vehicle of MP Selim pushed their motorcycle. He then stopped the bike and tried to talk to the people inside the vehicle. At that time two to three people including Zahid and Abu Bakkar severely beat him and broke his teeth. They also threatened to abduct and kill him and his wife. Later police came and seized the vehicle and motorcycle and took those to Dhanmondi police station. AH