A Dhaka court yesterday rejected the bail and remand petitions filed by the counsel of BNP’s acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in connection with an arson case.
The case was filed with the Paltan Model Police Station on charges of torching vehicles in the Paltan area on January 5.
Metropolitan Magistrate Muhammad Asaduzzaman Noor directed the investigation officer to quiz the BNP leader at jail gate within 10 days instead of doing it custody.
Upon completion of a previous 5-day remand period in another arson case, SI Dewan Uzzal Hossain from the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) produced Fakhrul before the court yesterday and sought 10 days’ remand in this case.
The case statement says that on January 5, some miscreants torched the motorbike that belonged to a traffic police sergeant in front of the Paltan Tower.
On January 6, Paltan police ASI Md Mostak Ahamed filed a case accusing 51 leaders and activists of the BNP-led 20 party alliance including Mirza Fakhrul, Rafiqul Islam Miah, Aman Ullah Aman.
The same day, DB personnel arrested Fakhrul in front of the National Press Club in the city where the BNP leader stayed over the previous night.
