BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir. Photo: Collected
A Dhaka court denied bail in 10 cases filed against BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir at two different police stations in the capital.
Mirza Fakhrul was not shown arrested, despite the fact that he is a defendant in those ten cases.
Metropolitan Magistrates Rajesh Chowdhury and Md Shafiuddin recommended that the defendant seek further consideration from the High Court.
For the same reason, the court refused to hear the bail petitions of BNP Standing Committee Member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury and the party's media cell convener Zahir Uddin Swapan.
Syed Joinul Abedin Mesbah, the BNP leaders' lawyer, told the media that bail petitions had been filed in court on 10 cases against Fakhrul, nine against Amir Khasru, and six against Zahir Uddin Swapan.
He stated that no BNP leaders had been arrested in those cases.
"We are concerned that if the High Court grants them bail, the state will seek arrest warrants in these cases in order to prolong their incarceration." That is why we requested bail. However, the court stated that it does not have jurisdiction to hear the pleas and issue orders at this time," said the lawyer.
"We will now move to the High Court," he said.
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