Arson Case
Bail bonds of 15 opposition leaders accepted
A Dhaka court yesterday accepted bail bonds of 15 opposition leaders, including BNP Standing Committee Member Dr Khondaker Mosharraf Hossain, in an arson case.
Fourth Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Saifur Rahman passed the order and asked the lawyers for the accused to furnish the bail bonds for Tk 5,000 each with two guarantors.
On June 7, the High Court granted bail to 33 leaders of 18-party alliance, who were charged with torching a vehicle in front of Prime Minister Office during the April 29 hartal.
The bail bonds of the rest of the leaders, including BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, are yet to reach the trial court.
Advocate Taherul Islam Towhid told The Daily Star that after getting the HC bail order, they submitted petitions seeking permission to furnish the bail bonds for release of their clients.
Only BNP leaders Mirza Abbas, Nazimuddin Alam, AKM Fazlul Haque Milon and Jagpa President Shafiul Alam Pradhan may get out of jail, he said, as there was no other case against them.
But BNP leaders Dr Mosharraf, Brig Gen (retd) Hannan Shah, Aman Ullah Aman, Ruhul Kuddus Talukder Dulu, Goyeshwar Chandra Roy, pro-BNP student body Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal President Sultan Salauddin Tuku, its General Secretary Amirul Islam Khan Alim, its Organising Secretary Anisur Rahman Khokan, DU unit Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal Convenor Abdul Matin, Dhaka North Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal General Secretary Kamal Anwar Ahmed and former student leader Kamruzzaman Ratan will not be released from jail, as they are accused in a blast case.
Moreover, a Dhaka court on Thursday issued production warrants against them in the case filed for blasting two bombs inside the Bangladesh secretariat on April 29, said Towhid.
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