Fakhrul among 74 indicted in violence case

A Dhaka court has indicted 74 people including BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in connection with a case filed for assaulting police.

Second Additional Metropolitan Magistrate Ali Masud Sheikh passed the order on Tuesday. The court also fixed December 4 to begin witness deposition in the case.

BNP lawyer Syed Joynul Abedin Mejbah filed a petition seeking exemption of Fakhrul and others but the court rejected it after the hearing.

The court cancelled bails of 38 others and issued arrest warrants against them as they remained absent during the charge framing hearing today.

Paltan police had started the case on December 9, 2012, on charges of assaulting policemen and preventing them from discharging their duties during a blockade in front of Capital hotel in the city’s Paltan area.