SC stays Khaleda’s bail in Cumilla arson case

The Appellate Division on Sunday stayed the High Court order that had granted bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a case filed over the deaths of eight people in an arson attack in Cumilla in 2015, reports UNB.

Chamber Judge Md Nuruzzaman passed the order and sent the petition to the full bench of the Appellate Division for hearing on April 7.

Attorney General Mahbubey Alam and Deputy Attorney General Dr Md Bashir Ullah stood for the state while Advocate AJ Mohammad Ali for Khaleda.

Earlier on March 6, the HC granted Khaleda Zia a six-month interim bail in the case.

Later, the state filed an appeal with the Appellate Division challenging the HC order on March 19.

Eight people were killed and 20 others were injured when a petrol bomb was hurled at a bus at Jogmohanpur in Chouddagram during the BNP-led alliance's movement on February 3, 2015.