25 BNP men including Sohel, Tuku jailed

A Dhaka court has sentenced 25 BNP leaders and activists to two years in jail in a case over assaulting policemen during a rally in front of the party’s central office in 2017.

BNP Joint Secretary General Habib-Un-Nabi Khan Sohel, Information and Research Secretary Azizul Bari Helal and Jubo Dal President Sultan Salauddin Tuku are among the convicts.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Ataullah pronounced the verdict on Monday.

The court has also fined them Tk 5,000 each. In default, they have to serve another one month.

On August 6, 2019, the court  framed charges against them.