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Bail prayers of two accused rejected

27 April 2010, 18:00 PM

METROPOLITAN

Court Correspondent

A Dhaka court yesterday rejected bail prayers of two accused including a Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) leader in a case filed for the carnage at Pilkhana headquarters of BDR in February 2009. Judge (in-charge) Mohammad Ismail Hossain of the Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court passed the order after JCD leader Mohammad Ullah Palash and one Arab Ali appealed against rejection orders by a lower court. The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court had earlier rejected their bails on different dates saying that they were directly or indirectly involved with the carnage. The Criminal Investigation Department, which is probing the case, arrested Palah, Hazaribagh JCD unit president, at his home on October 19 last year. Palash was arrested for his alleged involvement in making provocative statements at a procession against the government during the February 25-26 Pilkhana carnage. The bloodbath that took place at Bangladesh Rifles headquarters on February 25-26 left a number of BDR high officials including its director general dead. Earlier, former BNP lawmaker Nasiruddin Ahmed Pintu was arrested in this connection and later he was placed on remand for several days. He is now in jail and his bail was earlier rejected by the High Court. Awami League leader Torab Ali was also arrested for allegedly helping the BDR mutineers. He later gave confessional statements. A total of 2,284 BDR personnel and 34 civilians have been shown arrested for their alleged involvement in the incidents. The CID has so far taken 2,267 border guards and civilians on remand and 539 have so far given confessional statements before magistrates.