A Chittagong court on Friday sent Mir Mohammad Nasir Uddin, adviser to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, to jail in a case filed in connection with arson and vandalism on November 27 while he received bail in another similar case.
Metropolitan Magistrate Syed Masfiqul Islam passed the order on Friday around 4:55pm after the BNP leader was produced before the court.
The leader was accused in the two cases lodged with Kotwali and Chawkbazar police stations in the port city’s Kajir Dewri and Chatweshwari Road areas Wednesday, second day of the blockade enforced by the opposition.
Earlier, the same court granted an ad-interim bail in another case filed with Kotwali police station on the same charge till the next hearing scheduled to be held on December 3.
The BNP leader was first produced before the court at 3:45pm when the defence counsels, advocate Nazim Uddin and advocate Abdus Sattar, pleaded for bail terming the case politically motivated.
Mir Mohammad Nasir Uddin was shown arrested in the case filed with Chawkbazar police station and produced before the same court around 4:45pm seeking a five-day remand while the court sent him to jail.
After the court session, BNP-backed lawyers staged demonstration on the court premises protesting the court order.
Advocate Abdus Sattar, counsel for the BNP leader, alleged that the court gave the order through the interference of the government.
“Mir Nasir got bail in a case while the court sent him to jail in another similar case that proved the government interference,” he said.
Police held Mir Nasir from Shah Amanat International Airport in the port city Thursday night when he attempted to go to the capital by air.
In protest against his arrest, BNP activists torched and vandalised some vehicles at Hathazari upazila Thursday night while no casualties were reported.
Meanwhile, BNP central Organising Secretary Golam Akbar Khandakar was detained along with six others Thursday morning, third day of the opposition’s blockade, from the port city.
A Chittagong court sent the BNP leader and activists to jail rejecting their bail prayers.
The port city turned into a virtual battlefield on the day as the opposition activists clashed with law enforcers in several areas.
