Dhaka, Nov. 24 -- The High Court on Monday granted ad-interim bail for six months to Dhaka University Professor Hafizur Rahman Karzon in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act.

The HC bench of Justice KM Rasheduzzaman Raja and Justice Rezaul Karim passed the order, UNB reports.

The DU Professor filed a petition with the High Court on Sunday seeking his bail in the case.

Advocate Sheikh Ali Ahmed Khokon stood for Hafizur while deputy attorney general Sultana Akter Rubi represented the state.

There is no bar to release DU Prof. Hafizur, said Advocate Sheikh Ali.

Earlier on November 10, the Appellate Division upheld the High Court order that had granted bail to former minister Abdul Latif Siddique and journalist Manjurul Alam in the ...