BANGLADESH NEWS
Jamaat-e-Islami has called a half-day hartal in Chittagong city for Wednesday as its lawmaker ANM Shamsul Islam was sent to jail after rejection of his bail petition in a torching case.
On May 13, a case was filed with Kotwali Police Station under Speedy Trial Act hours after a series of clashes between BNP-Jamaat-e-Islami supporters and law enforcers in Chittagong left at least 100 people including police personnel and journalists injured.
During the clash, a vehicle was torched at WASA intersection in the port city.
Mahmud Ullah, publication secretary of Chittagong city unit of Jamaat, said on Tuesday that they called the strike in the port city from 6:00am to 12:00am Wednesday protesting the court order.
Chittagong Metropolitan Magistrate Mahbubur Rahman on Tuesday ordered to send Shamsul Islam to jail rejecting his bail prayer in the case.
Earlier on Monday, the same court granted an ad-interim bail to Shamsul Islam until the next hearing day of the case which was today.
Kotwali police in Chittagong submitted charge sheet to Chittagong Metropolitan Magistrate court on May 23 accusing the Jamaat MP along with 22 others in the case.
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