Mirza Alamgir denied bail again
Tuesday, 2 June 2015
A Dhaka court on Tuesday denied bail plea of BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in three cases filed with Paltan Police Station for arson attack, vandalism and obstructing the work of police. Metropolitan Session's Judge Md Kamrul Hossain passed the order after hearing the bail petition filed by Mirza Alamgir's lawyer Joynul Abedin Mejbah. The BNP leader moved the sessions judge's court on May 27 after Chief Metropolitan Magistrate of Dhaka Ashok Kumar Dutta on May 20 rejected his bail petitions in the three cases. On 20 May, the court rejected both the bail petition and police custody for interrogation in the three cases. The court also asked the investigation officers to interrogate Fakhrul at the jail gate by 23 May in the cases. The BNP leader has been made accused in 87 cases so far. On 6 January, police arrested the BNP acting secretary general from in front of National Press Club in the capital Dhaka, according to a private TV channel.