Court rejects bail pleas by Fakhrul, Abbas again

Staff Reporter :
Bail prayer filed by BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Standing Committee Member Mirza Abbas in a case filed over the December 7 clashes between police and BNP men in the capital’s Nayapaltan area has been rejected for the fourth time.
Judge of the Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court of Dhaka, Md Asaduzzaman, rejected their bail petition for the last time on Wednesday.
Lawyers Masud Ahmed Talukder and Zainul Abedin Mesbah appeared in the court hearing on behalf of the BNP leaders.
Earlier on the day, Fakhrul and Abbas submitted the bail petition after the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court rejected their bail petition on three
consecutive dates for different reasons, said Advocate Masud Ahmed Talukder.
The case was filed with Paltan Model Police Station on December 8, a day after the clash broke out in front of the party’s Naya Paltan office.
On December 7, a Swechchasebak Dal leader was killed and around 50 others were injured in a clash between police and the BNP activists in front of the party’s Naya Paltan central office ahead of its December 10 rally.
Police later started three cases against up to 2,000 people over the incident. They also cordoned off the party office.
Law enforcers picked up Fakhrul and Abbas from their homes around 3:00am on December 9. They were shown arrested on charge of provoking party members to launch an attack on police in the Naya Paltan area.