Mirza Abbas walks out of jail
FE REPORT | Tuesday, 20 February 2024
BNP Standing Committee Member Mirza Abbas has been released from jail after securing bail in all the cases filed against him in connection with the October 28 political violence.
He was freed at 6.50 pm on Monday from the Keraniganj Central Jail in Dhaka after about three and a half months of his arrest, said BNP leader's counsel Mohiuddin Chowdhury.
Earlier on the day, a Dhaka court granted bail to BNP Standing Committee Member Mirza Abbas in a case filed with Dhaka Railway Police Station filed on charge of destroying state assets. Judge of the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court in Dhaka, Julhash Uddin, passed the order after a hearing on his bail petition in the case.
Earlier on Sunday, the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court granted him bail in 10 cases, including the one filed over attacks on the chief justice's residence.
Mirza Abbas was accused in a total of 11 cases in connection with the political violence centring the BNP's grand rally on 28 October last year
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The Detective Branch (DB) police arrested Mirza Abbas on October 31 last year from Shahidbagh in Dhaka in a case filed with the Shahjahanpur Police Station under the Sabotage and Explosives Act.
On November 1, a Dhaka court granted a five-day remand for the BNP leader, following which he was sent to jail. He was later shown arrested in other cases.