Fakhrul, Khasru get bail

A Dhaka court has granted bail to BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and its standing committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury in a case filed over the attack on the chief justice's residence on October 28 last year.

Acting Judge Faisal Atiq Bin Kader of Dhaka's Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court passed the order on Tuesday after their lawyer submitted two separate petitions, seeking bail in the case.

With this bail order, there is no legal bar for their release, said their lawyers Syed Jainul Abedin Mesbah.

Earlier, Fakhrul was granted bail in 10 other cases filed with Ramna and Paltan police stations over political violence on October 28.

Of the cases, six were filed with Paltan Model Police Station, while the rest were filed with Ramna Model Police Station.

On October 29, Fakhrul was arrested in the case filed with Ramna Police Station over the attack on the residence of the chief justice.

On November 3 last year, detectives detained Khasru from the capital's Gulshan area. Later in the day, he was placed on a six-day remand in a case filed over the death of a police constable in a clash during the party's grand rally on October 28 last year. He was later sent to jail.