Lutfozzaman Babar, former state minister for home affairs under the BNP-Jamaat alliance government, walked out of Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj yesterday after spending 17 years in prison.

Sylhet Speedy Trial Tribunal today granted bail to former state minister for home affairs Lutfozzaman Babar in four cases filed for the murder of former Finance Minister Shah AMS Kibria and the murder attempt of former minister Suranjit Sen Gupta