BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir. Photo: Collected
A Dhaka court has set Wednesday (10 January) for the hearing on bail petitions in several cases filed against BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir. The date has been set on Tuesday (9 January).
Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sultan Sohagh Uddin set the date when Fakhrul's lawyer Joynul Abedin filed a petition seeking his bail in nine cases.
Earlier, Fakhrul was shown arrested in nine separate cases filed with Paltan and Ramna police stations.
The court accepted the petition to show Fakhrul arrested in the cases. The BNP leader was produced before the court at 11:40 am.
On December 31, 2023, Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Rezaul Karim set January 9 for hearing the bail petitions of Fakhrul in nine separate cases filed with Ramna and Paltan police stations.
At least 11 cases were filed against 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 the 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.
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