Nuruzzaman, accused of cheating and kidnap in as many as eight cases filed with Fenchuganj, Srimangal and Moulvibazar police stations, was released from Moulvibazar District Jail on January 28.

He took ad interim bail from the High Court in all the cases on January 26.

At a press conference in Dhaka on October 2 last year, the executive director of construction firm Yunus and Brothers alleged that Naser, president of Moulvibazar district BNP, demanded Tk 2 crore in bribe from him.

He also alleged that Naser had his Tk 20 crore work orders cancelled, as he refused to bribe him.

Police picked up Nuruzzaman from his house at Mirabazar in the city on November 18. He was taken to Srimangal Police Station and then to the upazila hospital and again to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital.

He was admitted to the hospital after he fell sick November 20 in police custody.

The businessman earlier alleged that the complainant of one of the cases, Shahed, Srimangal Thana BNP secretary, and policemen assaulted him in police custody on the night of November 20 while he was placed on a two-day remand.