Report on executing arrest warrant against Tarique, Fakhrul Oct 14

A Dhaka court on Wednesday set October 14 to submit report on executing arrest warrant issued against nine leaders and activists of BNP including party's acting chairman Tarique Rahman and secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, reports BSS.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Satyabrata Shikder set the date as policem failed to submit the report on Wednesday.

The court on August 5 issued a warrant to arrest Tarique Rahman, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Amanullah Aman, Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury, Goyeswar Chandra Roy, Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, former BUET teacher Hafizur Rahman Rana and Chatra Dal cadre Emdadul Haque Bhuiyan in a case lodged over making death threats.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Satyabrata Shikder passed the order, taking into cognizance a case filed against them by Jananetri Parishad president AB Siddiqui on that day.

"The accused are making threats to me as I have filed cases against their leaders including Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia. They have sent me threat letter in the name of IS. That is why I have taken refuge of the court," Siddiqui told the news agency on August 5.