A Dhaka court issued an arrest warrant against BNP Vice-Chairman Sadeque Hossain Khoka in a sedition case against him for urging his party men to stage demonstration in the capital with machetes and axes.
After accepting a charge sheet against Khoka, Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Kamrul Hossain Molla issued the warrant against the former Dhaka city corporation mayor yesterday. Khoka was due to appear before the court regarding the case’s hearing yesterday as his bail period expired, but he did not make an appearance, which is why the court issued the warrant, sources said.
The court also directed Paltan police station’s OC to submit report on the execution of the arrest warrant before the court by January 11 next year. Inspector Tofail Ahmed of Paltan police station submitted the charge sheet against Khoka before Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court on November 29 last year.
The sedition case was filed on December 7, 2013 by Sub-Inspector Md Shahidullah Pradhan of the same police station.
