Fakhrul, 44 others indicted in vehicle torching case

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A Dhaka court Monday indicted BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and 44 other leaders and activists of the 18-party alliance in a vehicle torching case, reports UNB.
Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Erfanullah passed the order Monday afternoon.
Meanwhile, the same court sent BNP lawmaker Barrister Mahbub Uddin Khokon to jail after he surrendered before the court seeking bail in the case.
It also issued a warrant for the arrest of four other alliance leaders, including Jamaat-e-Islami acting ameer Maqbul Ahmad who did not surrender before the lower court complying with a High Court order.
Earlier, on May 13, the court fixed Monday to decide whether the opposition alliance leaders and activists would be indicted in the case filed for torching a bus near the Prime Minister's Office during hartal on April 29.
On May 10, inspector of the Detective Branch of Police Nurul Amin, also the investigation officer of the case, submitted the charge sheet against 45 leaders and activists of the BNP-led 18-party alliance, including Fakhrul, in the case.
The charge-sheeted accused also include BNP leaders Dr Khandker Mosharraf Hossain, MK Anwar, Hannan Shah, Mirza Abbas, Goyeshwar Chandra Roy, Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, Amanullah Aman, Mahbub Uddin Khokon and Fazlul Haque Milon, Jatiyatabadi Swechchhasebak Dal president Habib-un-Nabi Khan Sohel, Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal president Sultan Salahuddin Tuku and Liberal Democratic Party president Col (retd) Oli Ahmad.
Later, the case filed with Tejgaon police was shifted to the DB police.