Fakhrul, Khasru get bail

A Dhaka court has granted bail to BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in one cse and its standing committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury in two cases.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Tahmina Haque passed the order on Wednesday.

Earlier on December 14, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Rajesh Chowdhury denied a 10-day remand plea for questioning them but permitted the police to interrogate them at the jail gate.

The court also rejected their bail petitions and allowed police to show them arrested in a case filed with Paltan Model Police Station on the allegation of attacking law enforcers during the party's rally on October 28.

Earlier on December 14, Sub-Inspector Sumit Kumar Saha, the investigating officer, applied to the court to allow police to show the two opposition leaders arrested in the case and put them on a 10-day remand.

Abdullah Abu, public prosecutor of the Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court, represented the state during the hearing.

On the other hand, a team of lawyers including senior advocate Md Asaduzzaman, Mohsin Mia, and Omar Farooq represented the accused and presented a petition to cancel the remand plea.

According to the case statement, following directives of Fakhrul and Khasru, leaders and activists of BNP and its front organisations gathered in front of the Paltan Model Police Station on October 28.

They then blasted crude bombs, attacked the police station, assaulted police personnel, and prevented law enforcers from discharging their duties. The clash later spread to the Bijoyanagar water tank area and Shantinagar.

A police official and a ward-level leader of Jubo Dal were killed in this clash and 41 police and 25 Ansar members were injured. Besides, at least 20 journalists were hurt.

Following the incident, police filed the case with Paltan police station against Fakhrul, Amir Khasru, and 102 others.

On October 29, Mirza Fakhrul was arrested in connection with a case filed with Ramna Police Station over the attack on the residence of the chief justice during the previous day's violence.

Around 10 hours after detaining him, police filed at least two cases against him.

Earlier on November 3, the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) detained Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury from his Gulshan residence.