Paban's bail term extended for third time
A Dhaka court yesterday extended the bail term till January 9 next year for the third time to Khandaker Akhter Hamid Paban in a cracker blast case.
Judge (in-charge) Fozila Begum of the Metropolitan Session Judges' Court passed the order after Paban's lawyer appeared before her court and submitted a petition seeking extension of bail term as his client is ill.
Paban is the son of BNP Secretary General Khandaker Delwar Hossain.
The case was filed with Gulshan Police Station against Paban and five others on charge of exploding crackers in front of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's Gulshan office on February 23 this year.
Earlier on October 25 and November 3, the same court extended his bail term twice.
The court also directed officer-in-charge of Chatkhil Police Station to submit a report by January 9 on execution of arrest warrant issued earlier against Omar Faruk, former Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) president of Chatkhil thana unit of Noakhali district.
Four other accused -- Golam Sabbir alias Shovon, Syed Hasan Rony and Pradip Saha, secretary of Sonaimuri upazila of JCD, and Dakat Babu -- were arrested on different dates, and are now in Dhaka Central Jail.
The whole charade was aimed at consolidating Paban's own position in the party against competing opponents, they told the court.
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