Arrest warrant against Khaleda, 48 others in arson attack case

COMILLA, Jan 2 (UNB): A Comilla court issued on Tuesday an arrest warrant against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and 48 others in a case filed for the 2015 arson attack on a bus in Chauddagram upazila that left eight people dead.

Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Joynab Begum issued the order after accepting the charge sheet in the case.

Eight people were killed and at least 20 people injured when miscreants hurled a petrol bomb at a bus at Jogmohanpur in Chauddagram upazila during BNP-led alliance's movement on February 3, 2015.

Two separate cases -- one under the Explosive Substances Act and another for murder -- were filed against 56 people, including Khaleda.

Later, Sub-inspector Nururzzaman filed the murder case against 77 people including Khaleda.

Firoz Ahmed, inspector of the Detective Branch of Police and also investigation officer of the case, submitted the charge sheet accusing 69 people.

On October 9, 2017, a Comilla court ordered the arrest of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and 45 other leaders and activists of her party in the case filed under the Explosive Substances Act over the 2015 arson attack on a bus in Chauddagram upazila.