Dhaka, Feb. 7 -- A Dhaka court sent Prof Shibli Rubayat-Ul Islam, former chairman of Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC), to jail on Thursday in connection with a corruption case.

The court, however, allowed the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to interrogate the accused at the jail gate for one day within seven days.

Judge of the Metropolitan Senior Special Judge's Court in Dhaka, Md Zakir Hossain, passed the order after hearing petitions filed by the ACC and Shibli. Anti-Corruption Commission Public Prosecutor Mahmud Hossain Jahangir confirmed the court order to the FE.

Earlier on the day, ACC Deputy Director Md Masudur Rahman, also the investigation officer of the case, produced Shibli before the court with a 10-day...