Dhaka: The High Court granted bail to former chairman of Ekushey Television Abdus Salam for six months in a case filed against him for allegedly swindling out about Tk 34 crore from the private TV channel.

A High Court bench comprising Justice Sheikh Abdul Awal, and Justice Khashruzzaman on Tuesday issued the bail after conducted a hearing on a petition.

The court also issued a rule petition asking as to why Abdus Salam will not get a perpetual bail, said the assistant attorney general Mohammad Ali Jinnah.

Earlier, on 13 April 2016, ACC filed a case against Abdus Salam and two others for their alleged money laundering.

ACC deputy director Shamsul Alam filed the case with Tejgaon Model Police Station against them, said Commission's public relations officer Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya.

The two other accused in the case were former managing director of the Ekushey Television Ashraful Alam and its senior manager Fazlur Rahman Shikder.

According to the first information report (FIR), Salam drew Tk 26.7 lakh from Ekushey Television when he was its chairman and converted the local currency into Euro one. Later, Salam in collusion with the two other accused siphoned off around 30,000 Euro.

On 2 March, 2016, the ACC also filed a case against Salam, who is currently in jail, for allegedly swindling out about Tk 34 crore preparing fake documents of business promotion bill, legal and professional fees, medical expenses, hotel expenses, foreign tour and satellite charge of the TV channel from September 2004 to December 2015 when he was the chairman of the channel.

Salam was arrested on 6 January, 2015 in a case filed against him under the Pornography Control Act in November 2014.