India, July 12 -- Prominent Bangladeshi economist Abul Barkat, who has been a critic of radical Islam, was sent to jail on Friday over a graft case.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Jewel Rana passed the order of sending him to prison after the ACC submitted an application seeking his incarceration, confirmed an ACC official working in the court, reported The Daily Star.

He was arrested on Thursday at his residence in Dhanmondi-3 area of Dhaka city.

Barkat had previously served as the chairman of Janata Bank PLC.

On February 20 this year, the ACC filed a case alleging that during his tenure as chairman, Abul Barkat was involved in loan fraud involving AnonTex Group, a readymade garments company, resulting in the embezzlement of Tk 297...