A Rajshahi court yesterday sent City Corporation Mayor Mosaddek Hossain Bulbul and BNP Joint Secretary GeneralMizanur Rahman Minu to jail along with 34 other BNP-led alliance activists in connection with police constable Siddhartha Sarker murder case.
Judge Sheikh Merina Sultana of Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court passed the order, rejecting their bail pleas after they surrendered before the court in the afternoon.
Bulbul and Minu were, however, enjoying bail granted by the High Court.
Among the accused that were sent to prison are 15 BNP-backed candidates of Rajshahi City Corporation. They were councillors Mahbub Sayed Tuku of ward 2, Habibur Rahman of ward 3, Ruhul Amin Tulu of ward 4, Sohrab Hossain Sheikh of ward 7, Iqbal Hossain Dildar of ward 12, Robiul Islam Milu of ward 13, Mohammod Tutul of ward 14, Belal Ahmed of ward 16, Monir Hossain of ward 18, Nuruzzaman Tito of ward 19, Tarikul AlomPoltu of ward 25, Nu rMohammod Mollah of ward 26, Anowarul Alom Azom of ward 27 and Shahjahan Ali of ward number 29.
On 26 December 2013, at least nine policemen were injured as miscreants hurled several crude bombs at a police pick-up van at Rajarhata in Rajshahi. The BNP-led alliance was holding a procession at that time. The team of Rajshahi Metropolitan Police came under attack when a convoy of police was patrolling in front of Loknath High School in the city.