A Chittagong court framed charges yesterday against 59 BNP leaders including its Chittagong city unit General Secretary Dr Shahadat Hossain in a vandalism case lodged with the city’s Kotwali police station in 2012.
Metropolitan Magistrate, Syed Mashfiqul Islam, indicted the BNP leaders at a charge framing hearing, said Additional Deputy Commissioner (prosecution) Md Rezaul Masud of Chittagong Metropolitan Police.
Defence Counsel Abdus Sattar said the court was adjourned till July 8, when it would start recording the depositions.