Dhaka, March 4 -- A Dhaka court has sent Sadeeq Agro Chairman Imran Hossain to jail pending trial after rejecting his bail plea in a money laundering case.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate MA Azharul Islam passed the order on Tuesday.

Public Prosecutor Omar Faruq Faruqi said Imran was taken to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrates' Court at noon.

The accused was initially kept in the court's holding cell before being presented in the dock.

The case's investigating officer Criminal Investigation Department, or CID, Inspector Sayedur Rahman filed a plea to keep him in jail.

The defence lawyers representing Imran in his bail plea included BNP Chairperson's Advisor Masud Ahmed Talukder, Dhaka Bar Association President Khorshed Miah Alam, Gener...