BNP leader Rizvi freed from jail after 140 days

Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, Senior Joint Secretary General of the BNP, was released from jail 140 days after being imprisoned. 

According to party authorities, he was freed from Keraniganj Central Jail at around 4:00 PM after receiving bail in every case brought against him.

Rizvi was welcomed by about a hundred party leaders and members at the jail entrance before going to the party's Nayapaltan headquarters.

The BNP leader was arrested on December 7, 2022 following a dispute between BNP members and law enforcement officers in front of the party's Nayapaltan headquarters.