BNP Joint Secretary General Amanullah Aman was sent to jail yesterday in a number of cases filed on charges of arson attacks and vandalism in the capital and its outskirts during the BNP-led 20-party alliance’s anti-government programmes.
Ten Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Courts, a Senior Judicial Magistrate Court and another Metropolitan Sessions’ Judge’s Court sent the BNP leader to jail rejecting his bail petitions in 56 cases.
Of the 71 cases he is facing, Aman was granted bail in seven cases filed with Paltan, Motijheel, Jatrabari, Khilgaon and Savar police stations. Hearings on the eight other cases were deferred due to lack of cases documents.
Meanwhile, four CMM courts granted bail to BNP Standing Committee member MK Anwar in six cases filed with Khilgaon, Paltan, Motijheel and Jatrabari police stations on charges of arson attacks and vandalism in the capital.
The courts of Ashok Kumar Dutta, Aminul Haque, Asaduzzaman Nur and Tareq Moinul Bhuiyan passed the orders after the former minister surrendered on completion of his four-week bail granted by the
High Court.
On the other hand, BNP chairperson’s Adviser Abdul Awal Mintoo also surrendered before the CMM court and sought bail in a case filed with Paltan police. But the hearing was also deferred for lack of case document.
The three top BNP leaders surrendered before the courts earlier in the day.
On July 27, the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court ordered them to surrender before the lower court within one week
in the cases.
AM Mahbubuddin Khokon, Md Sanaullah Miah, Masud Ahmed Talukdar among dozens of pro-BNP lawyers took part in the hearings on behalf of the BNP leaders while public prosecutor Abdullah Abu and Salma Hye among others stood for
the state.
