Dhaka, Nov. 3 -- Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mohammad Aktaruzzaman Ranjan has been released from jail after securing bail from the High Court in a case over threats to a senior airport official and assault on a security supervisor.

He walked out of Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj at 10am on Tuesday, Senior Jail Superintendent Faruk Ahmed told bdnews24.com.

Officer Faruk said the jail authorities received the necessary documents on Monday evening and completed the formalities before releasing Aktaruzzaman the following morning.

Azim Uddin Patwari, a member of Aktaruzzaman's legal team, said the High Court granted him bail on Sunday. The state later challenged the order before the Chamber Court, which issued a "no order" decision on Monday, ...