Suspended Rajshahi mayor Bulbul sent to jail

The suspended mayor of Rajshahi city, Mosaddek Hossain Bulbul, was sent to jail yesterday after he surrendered to a court in three cases over last year's political violence.

He had been a fugitive for several months, and his arrest was ordered on March 7.

The court of a metropolitan magistrate sent Bulbul to Rajshahi Central Jail after rejecting his bail prayers in all three cases.

The cases were filed with Boalia Police Station for using explosives during a BNP-led political agitation in January and February of 2015.

Bulbul, also vice president of Rajshahi city BNP, faces nine cases including one for the murder of a policeman, for which the government suspended his mayorship. Courts denied him bail in three cases, gave him bail in one and will hold hearings on the rest later, said Bulbul's lawyer Roisul Islam.