Bangladesh, Nov. 1 -- Shawkat Aziz Russell, son of late Partex Group founder MA Hashem, was sent to jail on Sunday after a Dhaka court rejected his bail petition in a corruption case over plot allocation in the Purbachal residential project of the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK).

Russell, who was sentenced to 14 years in prison in the case, surrendered before the Dhaka Special Judge Court-9, presided over by Judge Md Abdus Salam, and sought bail pending appeal.

After a hearing, the court rejected his bail plea and ordered his detention in jail.

Khandaker Shamim Hossain, a prosecutor of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), confirmed the development, saying Russell had sought bail on condition of filing an appeal against the verd...