A Dhaka court yesterday took cognisance of the charges made against BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and 11 other party leaders and activists in a case filed with Motijheel police station in the capital.
Sub-Inspector KM Azijul Haque of Detective Branch of police pressed the charge sheet making 28 individuals prosecution witnesses.
According to the charge sheet, demonstrators from the rally organised by the BNP-Jamaat alliance hurled crude bombs at the on-duty lawmen from DIT road in Motijheel on December 6 of 2012.
Motijheel police station Sub-Inspector Mokarram Hossain filed a case accusing the 12, including Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir under the Explosive Substances Act.
General Recording Officer Sub-Inspector SM Gaffarul Alam of the CMM court said the charge sheet was pressed on December 14 last year, but Metropolitan Magistrate Mahbubur Rahman signed it only yesterday, the day he fixed for hearing.
Gaffarul told the Dhaka Tribune now the case document would be transferred to the metropolitan sessions court for further proceedings.
The other charge-sheeted accused are Md Ahsan Habib, general secretary of Motijheel thana unit BNP, Saifullah Khaleq, its president, Md Saifullah, Md Rokonuzzaman, Md Alauddin Manik, Atiqur Rahman, Abul Kalam Azad, Golam Hossain, Md Sajib, Md Noor Islam and Md Quamruzzaman.
All of the accused are on bail now.
Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir obtained bail from the High Court and the rest from the CMM court.
As per the case statement, the BNP-Jamaat activists brought out a procession at Dainik Bangla intersection of Motijheel on December 06, 2012.
At one stage, the demonstrators hurled 3/4 crude bombs at the on-duty police and prevented the law enforcers from discharging their duties.
