Former deputy minister Abdus Salam Pintu was granted bail Sunday in a court in Tangail in an arson case lodged by an Awami League leader of Bhuapur upazila.
Pintu, also BNP vice president, appeared in front of the Senior Judicial Magistrate of Tangail Sheulirani Das in the morning.
The court heard the arguments of the defendant and the plaintiff and granted the bail prayer. Pintu earlier filed three bail petitions in the case, all of which were rejected.
According to the prosecution, 15-20 people equipped with lethal weapons sent by Abdus Salam Pintu raided the house of Awami League leader Zahedul Islam Bhuyan of Bhuapur upazila on October 1, 2001. They demanded Tk300,000 from Fuluwara Begum, wife of Zahedul Islam. They beat Fuluwara Begum and looted Tk7,300, two cows and the head of a tube well when she refused to pay the extortion.
Zahedul Islam lodged a case with Bhuapur police against Pintu and others on October 13, 2012.
Pintu is also one of the accused in the August 21 grenade attack case.
