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Paban's bail term extended

9 January 2011, 18:00 PM

Court Correspondent

A Dhaka court yesterday extended till January 26 the bail term of Khondaker Akhter Hamid Paban, son of BNP Secretary General Khondaker Delwar Hossain, in a cracker blast case. Judge Mohammad Zohurul Hoque of the Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court passed the order after Paban along with his lawyers appeared before the court and submitted a petition seeking extension of his bail term as it expired yesterday. The court also directed authorities concerned to publish an advertisement in two national dailies asking Omar Faruk, former Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) president of Chatkhil thana unit of Noakhali district to appear before it on January 26. The same court on November 22 last year extended his bail term till yesterday.