Court orders arrest of 24 BNP-Jamaat leaders

A Dhaka court yesterday ordered arrest of 24 leaders of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami in a case filed under explosive substances act.

Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s court accepted charges against 37 men, including Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Jamaat  acting chief Shafiqur Rahman and Assistant Secretary Shafiqul Islam Masud.

On November 29, 2013, a bus was torched at Malibagh BNP-led alliance’s blockade, killing one. Police pressed charges against 37 men on August 17 last year.