A Dhaka court yesterday issued a warrant for arrest of 23 BNP leaders and activists, including Joint Secretary-General Amanullah Aman and former Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal president Sultan Salauddin Tuku, in two arson cases.
Dhaka Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Nazmul Haque Shyamal passed the order as the accused did not appear in the court during a hearing yesterday.
The defence counsels filed petitions seeking time but the court rejected them. The court also fixed March 12 to start the trial in the cases filed with Savar police station.
On November 13 last year, the court indicted 89 BNP leaders and activists, including Aman, in two vandalism and arson cases.
According to the case documents, Sub-Inspector Abdul Haque Shikdar of Savar Model police station filed the case for vandalising and torching vehicles at Aminbazar on December 9, 2012.
Police submitted a charge sheet against 65 people, including Aman and BNP International Affairs Secretary Nazim Uddin Alam, on December 25, 2012.
Another case was filed by a person named Abdul Jalil with the same police station on charge of torching vehicles in front of Tetuljhara College at Aminbazar the same day.
On December 23, 2012, SI Sajjad Roman submitted a charge sheet against 24 BNP men, including Aman and Dewan Salauddin Babu, in the case.
