A Dhaka court has ordered BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir to be sent to jail in a case filed over an attack on the chief justice's home allegedly by BNP activists.
Police presented the BNP leader in the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court on Sunday night. The investigating officer requested he be kept in jail for the sake of investigation, while his lawyer applied for bail. After hearing arguments from both sides, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Shafi Uddin turned down the bail plea and granted the police's request.
Fifty-nine individuals from the BNP are accused in the case. Besides Fakhrul some of the notable names are BNP standing committee members Mirza Abbas and Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury as well as vice chairmen Barkat Ullah Bulu and Abdul Awal Mintoo.
Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was shown arrested around nine hours after his detention by law enforcement on Sunday.
Md Faruk Hossain, deputy commissioner (media) of the DMP, confirmed his arrest at about 8:30pm, saying the BNP leader had been sent to court.
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was detained at his Gulshan home by the Detective Branch (DB) of police at around 9:30am on Sunday.
His wife, Rahat Ara Begum, said some DB officers arrived at their residence in the morning and talked to the BNP leader.
According to the case documents, before the start of the BNP's rally on Saturday, party leaders and activists vandalized the chief justice's home. Later, a case was filed at Ramna police station in this connection.