Fakhrul seeks bail

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has sought bail from a Dhaka court in connection with a case filed over an attack on the residence of the chief justice at Kakrail on October 28.

Lawyer Zainul Abedin Mesbah filed a petition with the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Assaduzzaman on Thursday, seeking bail for his client in the case filed with Ramna police station.

"We filed a bail petition with the Metropolitan Sessions Judge's court against the order passed by the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate court that rejected bail to Mr Fakhrul."

However, the time for a hearing on the bail petition is yet to be fixed, according to the lawyer.

On October 29, the detective branch of police detained Mr Fakhrul from his Gulshan residence around 9:25am.

Around 10:00pm on that day, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Rashidul Alam sent him to jail, rejecting his bail prayer after he was produced before the court.

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