BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, standing committee member Mirza Abbas and five other party leaders have sought bail today in a case over the December-7 clash between law enforcers and BNP men in Dhaka's Nayapaltan area.
Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Rezaul Karim Chowdhury will assign an additional chief metropolitan magistrate or a metropolitan magistrate to deal with the bail petition, Joynal Abedin Mesbah, counsel for Fakhrul, told The Daily Star this morning.
The five other BNP leaders are Abdus Salam, Khairul Kabir Khokon, Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Annie, Fazlul Haque Milon and Selim Reza Habib.
On December 9, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Jashim sent Fakhrul and Abbas to jail in the case, rejecting their bail petitions.
The case was filed with Paltan Model Police Station on December 8, 2022, a day after the clash broke out in front of the party's Nayapaltan office.
Plainclothes men identifying themselves as law enforcers picked up Fakhrul and Abbas from their homes around 3:00am on December 9.
The two BNP leaders were shown arrested on the charges of provoking party members to launch an attack on police in Nayapaltan area.
Nayapaltan clash: Fakhrul, Abbas seek bail
