Saifur, Nizami, Mojaheed sent to jail
Tuesday, 11 November 2008
A special court ordered Monday BNP leader M Saifur Rahman and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami chief Motiur Rahman Nizami and secretary general Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed into jail in the Barapukuria coalmine case, reports bdnews24.com.
Their lawyers appealed to the judge Amar Kumar Roy to adjourn the hearing and 'uphold' the bails since the High Court (HC) was scheduled to give a ruling Tuesday. But the prosecution said they were not on bail and hence be detained.
Deputy Inspector General (Prisons) Major Shamsul Haider Siddiqui told the news agency that the accused were sent to prison at 3:15pm Monday.
Earlier, they arrived in special court after the High Court had ordered them to surrender to the trial court by November 10.
Hundreds of Jamaat supporters chanting anti-government slogans flooded around the Jatiya Sangsad premises where the special court is located, while Manik Mia Avenue and Rokeya Sarani were closed as part of a tight security cordon around the area.
Nizami was the first to enter the Special Judge's Court-2 in the parliament complex at around 10am, followed by Mojaheed. Saifur arrived at 11:30am.
Another accused in the case, former energy minister AKM Mosharraf Hossain, was sent to jail Sunday after surrendering to the court Sunday.
Their lawyers appealed to the judge Amar Kumar Roy to adjourn the hearing and 'uphold' the bails since the High Court (HC) was scheduled to give a ruling Tuesday. But the prosecution said they were not on bail and hence be detained.
Deputy Inspector General (Prisons) Major Shamsul Haider Siddiqui told the news agency that the accused were sent to prison at 3:15pm Monday.
Earlier, they arrived in special court after the High Court had ordered them to surrender to the trial court by November 10.
Hundreds of Jamaat supporters chanting anti-government slogans flooded around the Jatiya Sangsad premises where the special court is located, while Manik Mia Avenue and Rokeya Sarani were closed as part of a tight security cordon around the area.
Nizami was the first to enter the Special Judge's Court-2 in the parliament complex at around 10am, followed by Mojaheed. Saifur arrived at 11:30am.
Another accused in the case, former energy minister AKM Mosharraf Hossain, was sent to jail Sunday after surrendering to the court Sunday.