A Dhaka court yesterday set August 26 to hold a hearing on charges framed against BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and 25 others.
A case had been lodged against them for vandalising and setting fire to vehicles.
Metropolitan Magistrate Tareq Moinul Islam Bhuiyan set the date accepting a time petition filed by the defence counsel in the case.
The hearing had been set to be held yesterday, but defence counsel Zaynal Abedin Mesbah pleaded to adjourn the date, stating that Mirza Fakhrul could not appear before the court due to illness and is now staying abroad for treatment.
Police had filed the case on the charges of vandalism and arson of the vehicles at Paltan area in the capital on March 2, 2013.
Sub-inspector Aminul Islam of Paltan Police Station later submitted a charge-sheet against the 26 BNP men, including Mirza Fakhrul, BNP standing committee members barrister Moudud Ahmed, Mirza Abbas and Gayeshar Chandra Roy, and joint secretary general Aman Ullah Aman, on March 26, 2013.
