Fakhrul, Abbas seek bail again

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Standing Committee Member Mirza Abbas today sought bail again in a case over the December-7 clash between police and the party men in the capital’s Nayapaltan area.

Judge Md Asaduzzaman of Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court fixed 3 pm today for hearing on the bail petitions in the case, confirmed Zaynal Abedin Mesbah, a lawyer for the two BNP leaders.

Earlier, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate’s court rejected their bail petitions in three bouts.

Sub-inspector Mizanur Rahman filed the case with Paltan Police Station on December 8, a day after the clash broke out in front of the party’s Nayapaltan office, leaving one person dead and scores of others injured. A total of 450 leaders and activists of BNP and its front organisations were arrested in the case on December 7 and produced before a Dhaka court the following day.

Law enforcers picked up BNP Secretary General Fakhrul and the party’s standing committee member Abbas from their homes around 3:00am on December 9.

The same day, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Jashim sent the two BNP leaders to jail, rejecting their bail petitions.

They were shown arrested on the charges of provoking party members to launch an attack on police in Nayapaltan area.