BANGLADESH NEWS
A Dhaka court on Thursday granted bail to BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and 14 others till July 26 in a case filed for blasting two ‘bombs’ at the secretariat.
Judge Mohammad Zahurul Haque of the Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court granted the bail after their lawyer submitted separate petitions before it seeking fresh bail in the case.
Prior to granting the bail order, the same court accepted their appeal for withdrawal of production warrant filed by Fakhrul and 21 others in the case.
With the acceptance, the court paved the way for Fakhrul and 21 others to be released from jail.
Of the 22 accused, seven were released from jail earlier following HC bail.
Earlier on June 7, the same court issued production warrant against them following a petition submitted by the prosecution.
After the court orders, Advocate Masud Ahmed Talukder, one of the defence counsels, told that there is now no legal bar for his clients to get released from jail.
On May 14, the opposition leaders accused of exploding bombs at secretariat secured an anticipatory bail from the HC till submission of charge sheet in the case.
According to law, the bail will be effective till acceptance of the charge sheet against the accused.
Detectives on May 31 charged the 29 leaders with the blast case.
The case was filed with Shahbagh Police Station against 28 leaders of the 18-party alliance in connection with two bomb explosions at the Secretariat during hartal hours on April 29.
The 14 other leaders who got bail are: Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, Sadeque Hossain Khoka, Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, Amanullah Aman, Brig Gen Brig Gen (Rtd) ASM Hannah Shah, Goyeshwar Chandra Roy, AKM Fazlul Haque Milon, Sultan Salahuddin Tuku, Habib-un-Nabi Khan Sohel, Sarafat Ali Safu, Anisur Rahman Khokon, SM Jahangir, Kamruzzaman Ratan and Abdul Matin.
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