Mahbub Hossain and the party’s Organizing Secretary Fazlul Haq Milon on two days’ remand, rejecting their bail petition in a case filed with Ramna police station.
However, the court rejected both the bail and remand petitions of BNP Vice-Chairman Selima Rahman and permitted the police to question her at the jail gate within five working days.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Aminul Haque passed the order when Sub-Inspector Takhur Das Malo, also the investigation officer of the case, produced the three senior BNP leaders before the court seeking seven days’ remand for each in a case filed under the explosives act.
Defence lawyer Sanaullah Miah filed the bail plea before the court for the three accused, mentioning that they were not accused in the First Information Report (FIR) list.
He also mentioned that his clients were aged and ill and they were not involved with the incidence.
Barister Rafiqul Haque, who also represented the accused, told the court that the unrecognized elected government was trying to ruin the opposition leaders who were speaking against them. So the case was false and fabricated.
On the other hand, Md Abdullah Abu, public prosecutor of the Dhaka metropolitan sessions’ judge court, opposed the bail plea mentioning that “the accused are the planners of the cocktail blasting incident and they are the abettor of this crime.
So they need to be under police remand for quizzing.”
After hearing, the court rejected the bail plea and granted two days remand for Mahbub Hossain and Milon, and permitted the police to ask Selima Rahman at jail gate.
Earlier, plainclothes police arrested Mahbub Hossain, Selima Rahman and Fazlul Haq Milon from separate places in the capital on Tuesday.
After their arrest police showed the accused arrested in a case filed with Ramna police station under the explosives act.
According to the case statements, on January 4, miscreants hurled several crude bombs targeting the office of Deputy Commissioner of Ramna division, Maruf Hossain, a day before the 10th general election. Ten to 12 crude bombs were exploded during the attack.
Meanwhile, pro-BNP lawyers brought out a procession on the court premises protesting the arrest of the three BNP leaders.
