Altaf Hossain, Hafiz Uddin sentenced to 21 months in jail

A Dhaka court has sentenced former home minister Air Vice Marshal (retd) Altaf Hossain Chowdhury and Major (retd) Md Hafiz Uddin Ahmed to 21 months in jail each, in a case filed for obstructing police from conducting their duties.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Rajesh Chowdhury on Thursday pronounced the judgement in the case filed against 19 BNP leaders and activists.

The other accused in the case are- Major (retd) Md Hanif, MA Awal Khan, MA Qaium, Md Dulal, Md Russel, Moinul Islam, Tofayel Ahammed alias Liton, Md Babul Hossain alias Babu, Md Alamgir Hossain alias Raju, Md Jahangir Shikder, Ariful Islam, Md Billal Hossain, Md Samsul Huq Miyaji, Md Biplob, Md Khurshid Alam Momtaj, Md Mosharraf Hossain and Md Mahbub.

According to the case documents, the accused on June 4, 2011, held an illegal rally in front of the Mohakhali Wireless Gate Panir Tank area and obstructed police from conducting their duties. They also attacked policemen and vandalized and torched vehicles.

Police on April 29, 2014, filed a charge sheet in the case. The court on April 25, 2022, framed charges, initiating the trial officially. It examined seven out of 12 witnesses on different hearing dates.

/KN/