HC orders settling Fakhrul's bail pleas in 9 cases

The High Court has directed the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) to hold the hearing and dispose of bail pleas filed by BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in nine cases lodged with Dhaka's Ramna and Paltan Police Stations.

A High Court bench of Justice Mostafa Jaman Islam and Justice Md Atabullah issued the rule on Monday.

On Sunday (December 17), a writ was filed with the High Court challenging the legality of the court not receiving Fakhrul's bail pleas in nine cases.

On October 28, chaos broke out as BNP leaders and workers entered into a clash with police at Dhaka's Nayapaltana and surrounding areas during BNP's grand rally. Amid the clash, BNP men allegedly attacked the residence of the chief justice, broke one of its gates, and damaged its nameplate.

Police filed the case with Ramna Police Station against 59 leaders and activists of BNP, including its secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, standing committee member Mirza Abbas, vice-chairmen Barkat Ullah Bulu, Abdul Awal Mintoo and Shamsuzzaman Dudu.

Fakhrul was arrested from his Gulshan residence by Detective Branch (DB) of police and sent to jail.

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