Five more BNP leaders get division facilities in jail

Staff Reporter :
The High Court on Sunday ordered the jail authorities to give division facilities in jail to five BNP leaders arrested in a case over the December-7 clash between police and the party activists in the capital’s Nayapaltan area.
The BNP leaders are— Abdus Salam, Adviser to the BNP chairperson; Khairul Kabir Khokon, Joint Secretary General of the BNP; Shahiduddin Chowdhury Annie, Publication Secretary of the party; Fazlul Haque Milan, former Organising Secretary of the BNP; and Abul Hossain Khan, Convener of Barisal district (South) BNP.
The HC bench of Justice KM Kamrul Quader and Justice Mohammad Ali passed the order after hearing a writ petition seeking division for them in jail.
A writ petition was filed with the HC on December 14, seeking division facilities for the BNP leaders in jail.
Lawyers AJ Mohammad Ali, Zainul Abedin, Mahbub Uddin Khokan, Badruddoza Badol, Kayser Kamal, Ruhul Quddus Kazal appeared in the court hearing on behalf of the BNP Leaders, while Deputy Attorney General ABM Abdullah Al Mahmud Bashar represented the state.
A Swechchasebak Dal leader was killed and around 50 others were injured in a clash between police and the BNP activists on December 7 in front of the party’s Nayapaltan office, ahead of its December-10 rally. The BNP leaders were arrested the same day.
A Dhaka court sent 445 BNP leaders and activists, including Annie and Salam, to jail in two cases filed over the incident.
Earlier on December 13, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Standing Committee Member Mirza Abbas were provided first class division facilities in jail, the DAG Bashar informed the High Court.