Mirza Fakhrul obtains bail

A Dhaka court granted bail to BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir Thursday in a case filed for vandalising and torching vehicles during a road blockade programme enforced by the then 18-party alliance in 2012, reports UNB.

Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Alamgir Kabir Raj gave the BNP leader bail on a surety of Tk 5,000 after he surrendered to the court.

Mirza Fakhrul appeared before the court in the afternoon upon his return from Singapore when his counsel M Sanaullah Miah filed a bail petition for him.

Taking cognizance of the charge-sheet, Metropolitan Magistrate Yunus Khan of Dhaka on Sunday issued a warrant for the arrest of the BNP acting secretary general and two others-Mohammad Ali and Nasir - as they did not appear before the court on the day.

Mirza Fakhrul had been in Singapore when the court issued the arrest warrant.

Mirza Fakhrul was not an FIR-enlisted accused, but his name has been inserted in the charge-sheet.