A Dhaka court has fixed January 9 for hearing the bail petition of BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in nine separate cases filed with Ramna and Paltan Police Stations, reports UNB.
Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Rezaul Karim fixed the date, said Fakhrul’s lawyer Syed Jainul Abedin Mezbah.
At least 11 cases were filed against Mirza Fakhrul in connection with the October 28 grand rally of BNP.
Of these, eight were filed with Paltan Police Station and three with Ramna Police Station.
On October 29, police filed a case with Ramna Police Station on charges of vandalism and attack on the Chief Justice`s residence during a BNP rally on October 28.
Apart from Mirza Fakhrul, 59 BNP leaders and activists, including standing committee member Mirza Abbas, were accused in the case.
Fakhrul was arrested in the case on October 29 and has been in jail since then.
