Mirza Abbas, Rizvi, 165 others acquitted

A Dhaka court has acquitted 167 people, including BNP Standing Committee Member Mirza Abbas and the party's senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, of the charges in a case lodged over the torching of two police vehicles in 2018, reports BSS.

Judge Sabbir Faiz of the Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court passed the order on Monday, accepting the final report submitted by the police in the case, defence counsel Mohiuddin Chowdhury said.

The other accused exonerated by the court are Mohila Dal president Afroza Abbas, BNP vice-chairman Maj (Retd) Akteruzzaman, Kafil Uddin, Nabiullah Nabi, Habibur Rashid Habib, Belal Ahmed, Prof. Aminul Islam, Rafikul Islam Majnu, Jahir Uddin Tuhin, and Selim Bhuiyan.

Police filed a case on November 14, 2018, for obstructing them in performing their duties and torching two vehicles of the law-enforcing agency in the capital's Naya Paltan area. Police on February 21, 2025, submitted final report in the case.