Chittagong: A Chittagong court on Tuesday granted bail to Housing and Public Works Minister Engineer Mosharraf Hossain in a corruption case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).

Chittagong Metropolitan Session Judge Md Shahinur issued the order.

Earlier, the minister surrendered before the court following an order and sought bail.

On 25 November, 2007, the ACC filed the case against Mosharraf on charge of amassing Tk 3 crore wealth and concealing information.

Following a writ petition, the HC on 20 November, 2012 quashed the proceedings of the case against Mosharraf.

On 08 May, 2016 the Supreme Court cleared the way for the ACC to resume investigation into the corruption case against him.

Later, the High Court directed the minister to surrender before the lower court.