Court defers Khaleda's bail hearing to Oct 03

CUMILLA, Sept 30 (UNB): A court here on Sunday deferred till October 3 (Wednesday) the hearing on a bail petition filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a murder case filed over the deaths of eight people in an arson attack in Cumilla in 2015.

Acting judge of Senior Judicial Magistrate Court-5, Mohammad Jalal Uddin, fixed the date, said Khaleda Zia's lawyer Advocate Kaimul Haque Rinku.

Earlier on September 20, acting judge Golam Mahbub Khan, Senior Judicial Magistrate court-5 fixed September 30 for the hearing on a bail petition filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a murder case following a time petition filed by the prosecution.